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In unison give a joyful shout,
O ruins of Jerusalem!
For the Lord consoles his people;
he protects[a] Jerusalem.
10 The Lord reveals[b] his royal power[c]
in the sight of all the nations;
the entire[d] earth sees
our God deliver.[e]
11 Leave! Leave! Get out of there!
Don’t touch anything unclean!
Get out of it!
Stay pure, you who carry the Lord’s holy items.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:9 tn Or “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.
  2. Isaiah 52:10 tn Heb “lays bare”; NLT “will demonstrate.”
  3. Isaiah 52:10 tn Heb “his holy arm.” This is a metonymy for his power.
  4. Isaiah 52:10 tn Heb “the remote regions,” which here stand for the extremities and everything in between.
  5. Isaiah 52:10 tn Heb “the deliverance of our God.” “God” is a subjective genitive here.
  6. Isaiah 52:11 tn Heb “the vessels of the Lord” (so KJV, NAB).