Isaiah 52

YHWH calls Zion to awake, put on strength and beautiful garments, for the uncircumcised and unclean shall no longer enter, promising redemption without money after being sold for nothing, as oppressors like Egypt and Assyria blasphemed His name[1][2][3]. Watchmen rejoice at YHWH's return, His servant is heralded with beautiful feet proclaiming peace, and the exalted Servant, though disfigured, astonishes kings and nations[1][2][3].

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Verse 1
Awake Awake! Awake awake Awake! Awake Clothe yourself Clothe yourself Clothe yourself in your strength your strength your strength O Zion Tsiyon Tsion Clothe yourself Clothe yourself Clothe yourself in garments garments of garments of of your beauty your splendor your splendor O Jerusalem Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam city watchful settlement city the holy the holiness the holy for for/because for no not not more he will cause to add will add come he comes to come into you — into you again still, again, further again uncircumcised uncircumcised one uncircumcised one and unclean and he became ritually unclean and unclean
עוּרִ֥י 𐤏𐤅𐤓𐤉 uri Awake Awake! Awake HVqv2fs עוּרִ֛י 𐤏𐤅𐤓𐤉 uri-2 awake Awake! Awake HVqv2fs לִבְשִׁ֥י 𐤋𐤁𐤔𐤉 liveshi Clothe yourself Clothe yourself Clothe yourself HVqv2fs עֻזֵּ֖/ךְ 𐤏𐤆/𐤊 uzekhe in your strength your strength your strength HNcmsc/Sp2fs צִיּ֑וֹן 𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 tsion O Zion Tsiyon Tsion HNp לִבְשִׁ֣י 𐤋𐤁𐤔𐤉 liveshi-2 Clothe yourself Clothe yourself Clothe yourself HVqv2fs בִּגְדֵ֣י 𐤁𐤂𐤃𐤉 bigedey in garments garments of garments of HNcmpc תִפְאַרְתֵּ֗/ךְ 𐤕𐤐𐤀𐤓𐤕/𐤊 tifearetekhe of your beauty your splendor your splendor HNcfsc/Sp2fs יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 yerushalaim O Jerusalem Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam HNp עִ֣יר 𐤏𐤉𐤓 ir city watchful settlement city HNcfsc הַ/קֹּ֔דֶשׁ 𐤄/𐤒𐤃𐤔 haqodesh the holy the holiness the holy HTd/Ncmsa כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC לֹ֥א 𐤋𐤀 lo no not not HTn יוֹסִ֛יף 𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤐 yosif more he will cause to add will add HVhi3ms יָבֹא 𐤉𐤁𐤀 yavo come he comes to come HVqi3ms בָ֥/ךְ 𐤁/𐤊 vakhe into you into you HR/Sp2fs ע֖וֹד 𐤏𐤅𐤃 od again still, again, further again HD עָרֵ֥ל 𐤏𐤓𐤋 arel uncircumcised uncircumcised one uncircumcised one HAamsa וְ/טָמֵֽא 𐤅/𐤈𐤌𐤀 vetame tembe (Lingala) and unclean and he became ritually unclean and unclean HC/Aamsa
Verse 2
Shake yourself Shake yourself off Shake yourself off from the dust from dust from dust rise up Rise up Rise up sit Sit! Dwell! O Jerusalem Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam Loosen Open yourselves up Open yourselves up loose yourself Open yourself Open yourself the bonds restraint-bonds of restraint-bonds of from your neck your neck your neck O captive captive woman captive woman daughter daughter of daughter of of Zion Tsiyon Tsion
הִתְנַעֲרִ֧י 𐤄𐤕𐤍𐤏𐤓𐤉 hitenaari Shake yourself Shake yourself off Shake yourself off HVtv2fs מֵ/עָפָ֛ר 𐤌/𐤏𐤐𐤓 meafar from the dust from dust from dust HR/Ncmsa ק֥וּמִי 𐤒𐤅𐤌𐤉 qumi uku-ima (Bemba) rise up Rise up Rise up HVqv2fs שְּׁבִ֖י 𐤔𐤁𐤉 shevi sit Sit! Dwell! HVqv2fs יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 yerushalaim O Jerusalem Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam HNp התפתחו 𐤄𐤕𐤐𐤕𐤇𐤅 htftchv Loosen Open yourselves up Open yourselves up HVtv2mp הִֽתְפַּתְּחִי֙ 𐤄𐤕𐤐𐤕𐤇𐤉 hitepatechi loose yourself Open yourself Open yourself HVtv2fs מוֹסְרֵ֣י 𐤌𐤅𐤎𐤓𐤉 moserey the bonds restraint-bonds of restraint-bonds of HNcbpc צַוָּארֵ֔/ךְ 𐤑𐤅𐤀𐤓/𐤊 tsavarekhe from your neck your neck your neck HNcmsc/Sp2fs שְׁבִיָּ֖ה 𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤄 sheviyah Shavi (Shona) O captive captive woman captive woman HAafsa בַּת 𐤁𐤕 bat daughter daughter of daughter of HNcfsc צִיּֽוֹן 𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 tsion of Zion Tsiyon Tsion HNp
Verse 4
For for/because for thus thus thus says he said he said Lord my Sovereign Lord my Sovereign Lord GOD the Being-One Yahweh Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim went down he went down he went down my people my people my people at the first in the first in the first to sojourn to sojourn as a foreigner to sojourn as a foreigner there in that place there and Assyria and Ashshur and Ashur without cause at the limit without cause oppressed them he exploited him he oppressed him
כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki For for/because for HC כֹ֤ה 𐤊𐤄 khoh thus thus thus HD אָמַר֙ 𐤀𐤌𐤓 amar says he said he said HVqp3ms אֲדֹנָ֣/י 𐤀𐤃𐤍/𐤉 adonay Lord my Sovereign Lord my Sovereign Lord HNcmpc/Sp1cs יְהוִ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvih GOD the Being-One Yahweh HNp מִצְרַ֛יִם 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 mitserayim Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim HNp יָֽרַד 𐤉𐤓𐤃 yarad went down he went down he went down HVqp3ms עַמִּ֥/י 𐤏𐤌/𐤉 ami my people my people my people HNcmsc/Sp1cs בָ/רִֽאשֹׁנָ֖ה 𐤁/𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤍𐤄 varishonah at the first in the first in the first HRd/Aafsa לָ/ג֣וּר 𐤋/𐤂𐤅𐤓 lagur to sojourn to sojourn as a foreigner to sojourn as a foreigner HR/Vqc שָׁ֑ם 𐤔𐤌 sham there in that place there HD וְ/אַשּׁ֖וּר 𐤅/𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤓 veashur and Assyria and Ashshur and Ashur HC/Np בְּ/אֶ֥פֶס 𐤁/𐤀𐤐𐤎 beefes without cause at the limit without cause HR/Ncmsa עֲשָׁקֽ/וֹ 𐤏𐤔𐤒/𐤅 ashaqo oppressed them he exploited him he oppressed him HVqp3ms/Sp3ms
Verse 5
and-now and now and now what-to-me what? what to-me — to me what what? what to-me — to me here here here declaration-of solemn utterance of declaration of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh that for/because for is-taken-away was seized he was taken my-people my people my people for-nothing gratuitously for nothing his-ruler his ruling-one his ruling one his-rulers his ruling-ones his ruling ones wail they will cause to wail they will cause to wail declaration-of solemn utterance of declaration of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh and-continually and constancy and continually all entirety of all of the-day the day the day my-name my name my name is-blasphemed one being scorned is being scorned
וְ/עַתָּ֤ה 𐤅/𐤏𐤕𐤄 veatah and-now and now and now HC/D מי 𐤌𐤉 my what-to-me what? what HTi ל/י 𐤋/𐤉 ly to-me to me HR/Sp1cs מַה 𐤌𐤄 mah what what? what HTi לִּ/י 𐤋/𐤉 li to-me to me HR/Sp1cs פֹה֙ 𐤐𐤄 foh here here here HD נְאֻם 𐤍𐤀𐤌 neum declaration-of solemn utterance of declaration of HNcmsc יְהוָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki that for/because for HC לֻקַּ֥ח 𐤋𐤒𐤇 luqach is-taken-away was seized he was taken HVPp3ms עַמִּ֖/י 𐤏𐤌/𐤉 ami my-people my people my people HNcmsc/Sp1cs חִנָּ֑ם 𐤇𐤍𐤌 chinam for-nothing gratuitously for nothing HD משל/ו 𐤌𐤔𐤋/𐤅 mshlv his-ruler his ruling-one his ruling one HVqrmsc/Sp3ms מֹשְׁלָ֤י/ו 𐤌𐤔𐤋𐤉/𐤅 moshelayv his-rulers his ruling-ones his ruling ones HVqrmpc/Sp3ms יְהֵילִ֨ילוּ֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤅 yeheylilu lila (Zulu) wail they will cause to wail they will cause to wail HVhi3mp נְאֻם 𐤍𐤀𐤌 neum-2 declaration-of solemn utterance of declaration of HNcmsc יְהוָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp וְ/תָמִ֥יד 𐤅/𐤕𐤌𐤉𐤃 vetamid and-continually and constancy and continually HC/Ncmsa כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal kila (Swahili) all entirety of all of HNcmsc הַ/יּ֖וֹם 𐤄/𐤉𐤅𐤌 hayom the-day the day the day HTd/Ncmsa שְׁמִ֥/י 𐤔𐤌/𐤉 shemi my-name my name my name HNcmsc/Sp1cs מִנֹּאָֽץ 𐤌𐤍𐤀𐤑 minoats is-blasphemed one being scorned is being scorned HVrsmsa
Verse 7
How what? How beautiful they were beautiful beautiful upon upon upon the mountains the mountains the mountains feet of feet of feet of the one bringing good news proclaiming-herald one announcing good news who proclaims the one causing to hear the one causing to hear peace wholeness peace bringing good news proclaiming-herald announcing good news good good good proclaiming the one causing to hear the one causing to hear salvation deliverance deliverance who says the one saying the one saying to Zion to Zion to Tsion reigns he reigned as king he reigned as king your God your Mighty-One your Elohim
מַה 𐤌𐤄 mah How what? How HTi נָּאו֨וּ 𐤍𐤀𐤅𐤅 navu beautiful they were beautiful beautiful HVqp3cp עַל 𐤏𐤋 al upon upon upon HR הֶ/הָרִ֜ים 𐤄/𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌 heharim the mountains the mountains the mountains HTd/Ncmpa רַגְלֵ֣י 𐤓𐤂𐤋𐤉 rageley feet of feet of feet of HNcfdc מְבַשֵּׂ֗ר 𐤌𐤁𐤔𐤓 mevaser the one bringing good news proclaiming-herald one announcing good news HVprmsa מַשְׁמִ֧יעַ 𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤏 mashemia who proclaims the one causing to hear the one causing to hear HVhrmsa שָׁל֛וֹם 𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 shalom peace wholeness peace HNcmsa מְבַשֵּׂ֥ר 𐤌𐤁𐤔𐤓 mevaser-2 bringing good news proclaiming-herald announcing good news HVprmsa ט֖וֹב 𐤈𐤅𐤁 tov good good good HAamsa מַשְׁמִ֣יעַ 𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤏 mashemia-2 proclaiming the one causing to hear the one causing to hear HVhrmsa יְשׁוּעָ֑ה 𐤉𐤔𐤅𐤏𐤄 yeshuah salvation deliverance deliverance HNcfsa אֹמֵ֥ר 𐤀𐤌𐤓 omer who says the one saying the one saying HVqrmsa לְ/צִיּ֖וֹן 𐤋/𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 letsion to Zion to Zion to Tsion HR/Np מָלַ֥ךְ 𐤌𐤋𐤊 malakhe reigns he reigned as king he reigned as king HVqp3ms אֱלֹהָֽיִ/ךְ 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉/𐤊 elohayikhe Mulimu (Lozi) your God your Mighty-One your Elohim HNcmpc/Sp2fs
Verse 10
has bared he stripped bare he has bared the LORD Yahweh Yahweh direct object marker object-marker [·] arm arm arm his holy his holiness his holiness before the eyes of to the eyes of before the eyes of all entirety of all of the nations the people-groups the nations and shall see and they saw and they will see all entirety of all of ends of extremities of ends of earth land land direct object marker object-marker [·] salvation deliverance-of deliverance of of our God our mighty ones of our Elohim
חָשַׂ֤ף 𐤇𐤔𐤐 chasaf has bared he stripped bare he has bared HVqp3ms יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et direct object marker object-marker [·] HTo זְר֣וֹעַ 𐤆𐤓𐤅𐤏 zeroa arm arm arm HNcbsc קָדְשׁ֔/וֹ 𐤒𐤃𐤔/𐤅 qadesho his holy his holiness his holiness HNcmsc/Sp3ms לְ/עֵינֵ֖י 𐤋/𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 leeyney Enyi (Fante) before the eyes of to the eyes of before the eyes of HR/Ncbdc כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal kila (Swahili) all entirety of all of HNcmsc הַ/גּוֹיִ֑ם 𐤄/𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 hagoyim the nations the people-groups the nations HTd/Ncmpa וְ/רָאוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤓𐤀𐤅 verau and shall see and they saw and they will see HC/Vqq3cp כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal-2 kila (Swahili) all entirety of all of HNcmsc אַפְסֵי 𐤀𐤐𐤎𐤉 afesey ends of extremities of ends of HNcmpc אָ֔רֶץ 𐤀𐤓𐤑 arets Ayé (Yoruba) earth land land HNcbsa אֵ֖ת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 direct object marker object-marker [·] HTo יְשׁוּעַ֥ת 𐤉𐤔𐤅𐤏𐤕 yeshuat salvation deliverance-of deliverance of HNcfsc אֱלֹהֵֽי/נוּ 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉/𐤍𐤅 eloheynu Mulimu (Lozi) of our God our mighty ones of our Elohim HNcmpc/Sp1cp
Verse 12
For for/because for not not not in-haste in urgent haste in urgent haste you-shall-go-out you (masculine plural) go out you (masculine plural) go out and-in-flight and in a refuge and in fleeing not not not you-shall-go you will go you will go for for/because for going the one walking the one walking before-you before you before you the LORD Yahweh Yahweh and-gathering-you and the one gathering you and the one gathering you God-of mighty ones of Elohim of Israel El-Contends Yiserael
כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki For for/because for HC לֹ֤א 𐤋𐤀 lo not not not HTn בְ/חִפָּזוֹן֙ 𐤁/𐤇𐤐𐤆𐤅𐤍 vechipazon in-haste in urgent haste in urgent haste HR/Ncmsa תֵּצֵ֔אוּ 𐤕𐤑𐤀𐤅 tetseu you-shall-go-out you (masculine plural) go out you (masculine plural) go out HVqi2mp וּ/בִ/מְנוּסָ֖ה 𐤅/𐤁/𐤌𐤍𐤅𐤎𐤄 uvimenusah and-in-flight and in a refuge and in fleeing HC/R/Ncfsa לֹ֣א 𐤋𐤀 lo-2 not not not HTn תֵלֵכ֑וּ/ן 𐤕𐤋𐤊𐤅/𐤍 telekhun you-shall-go you will go you will go HVqi2mp/Sn כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki-2 for for/because for HC הֹלֵ֤ךְ 𐤄𐤋𐤊 holekhe going the one walking the one walking HVqrmsa לִ/פְנֵי/כֶם֙ 𐤋/𐤐𐤍𐤉/𐤊𐤌 lifeneykhem before-you before you before you HR/Ncbpc/Sp2mp יְהוָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp וּ/מְאַסִּפְ/כֶ֖ם 𐤅/𐤌𐤀𐤎𐤐/𐤊𐤌 umeasifekhem and-gathering-you and the one gathering you and the one gathering you HC/Vprmsc/Sp2mp אֱלֹהֵ֥י 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 elohey Mulimu (Lozi) God-of mighty ones of Elohim of HNcmpc יִשְׂרָאֵֽל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp
Verse 15
so thus so he-will-sprinkle he will sprinkle he will sprinkle nations people-groups nations many many great ones upon-him upon him upon him they-will-shut they will draw together they will shut kings kings kings their-mouth their mouth their mouth for for/because for which that-which that not not not been-told was recounted was told to-them — to them they-saw they saw they saw and-which and that-which and that not not not they-heard they heard they heard they-considered they closely discerned they considered
כֵּ֤ן 𐤊𐤍 ken cine (Bemba) so thus so HTm יַזֶּה֙ 𐤉𐤆𐤄 yazeh he-will-sprinkle he will sprinkle he will sprinkle HVhi3ms גּוֹיִ֣ם 𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 goyim nations people-groups nations HNcmpa רַבִּ֔ים 𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 rabim many many great ones HAampa עָלָ֛י/ו 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv upon-him upon him upon him HR/Sp3ms יִקְפְּצ֥וּ 𐤉𐤒𐤐𐤑𐤅 yiqepetsu they-will-shut they will draw together they will shut HVqi3mp מְלָכִ֖ים 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤌 melakhim kings kings kings HNcmpa פִּי/הֶ֑ם 𐤐𐤉/𐤄𐤌 pihem their-mouth their mouth their mouth HNcmsc/Sp3mp כִּ֠י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC אֲשֶׁ֨ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which that-which that HTr לֹֽא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not not HTn סֻפַּ֤ר 𐤎𐤐𐤓 supar been-told was recounted was told HVPp3ms לָ/הֶם֙ 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem to-them to them HR/Sp3mp רָא֔וּ 𐤓𐤀𐤅 rau they-saw they saw they saw HVqp3cp וַ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר 𐤅/𐤀𐤔𐤓 vaasher and-which and that-which and that HC/Tr לֹֽא 𐤋𐤀 lo-2 not not not HTn שָׁמְע֖וּ 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤅 shameu they-heard they heard they heard HVqp3cp הִתְבּוֹנָֽנוּ 𐤄𐤕𐤁𐤅𐤍𐤍𐤅 hitebonanu they-considered they closely discerned they considered HVrp3cp
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