Cheer for Prostrate Zion

52 (A)Awake, awake,
Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion;
Clothe yourself with your (B)beautiful garments,
Jerusalem, the (C)holy city;
For the uncircumcised and the (D)unclean
Will no longer come into you.

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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)

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15 [a]Behold, (A)on the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news,
Who announces peace!
(B)Celebrate your feasts, Judah,
Pay your vows.
For (C)never again will the [b]wicked one pass through you;
He is (D)eliminated completely.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:15 Ch 2:1 in Heb
  2. Nahum 1:15 Or worthless one; Heb Belial

15 Look, there on the mountains,
    the feet of one who brings good news,(A)
    who proclaims peace!(B)
Celebrate your festivals,(C) Judah,
    and fulfill your vows.
No more will the wicked invade you;(D)
    they will be completely destroyed.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:15 In Hebrew texts this verse (1:15) is numbered 2:1.