¹¹ Those the Lord has rescued^(A) will return.
    They will enter Zion with singing;^(B)
    everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy^(C) will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.^(D)

¹⁶ I have put my words in your mouth^(A)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand^(B)—
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,^(C)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.^(D)’”

52 Awake, awake,^(A) Zion,
    clothe yourself with strength!^(B)
Put on your garments of splendor,^(C)
    Jerusalem, the holy city.^(D)
The uncircumcised^(E) and defiled^(F)
    will not enter you again.^(G)

² Shake off your dust;^(A)
    rise up,^(B) sit enthroned, Jerusalem.
Free yourself from the chains on your neck,^(C)
    Daughter Zion,^(D) now a captive.

⁷ How beautiful on the mountains^(A)
    are the feet of those who bring good news,^(B)
who proclaim peace,^(C)
    who bring good tidings,
    who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
    “Your God reigns!”^(D)

⁸ Listen! Your watchmen^(A) lift up their voices;^(B)
    together they shout for joy.^(C)
When the Lord returns^(D) to Zion,^(E)
    they will see it with their own eyes.

²⁰ “The Redeemer^(A) will come to Zion,^(B)
    to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”^(C)
declares the Lord.

¹⁴ The children of your oppressors^(A) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down^(B) at your feet
and will call you the City^(C) of the Lord,
    Zion^(D) of the Holy One^(E) of Israel.