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God will make Jerusalem safe again[a]

52 Wake up, Zion!
    Be ready to show your strength!
Jerusalem, God's holy city,
    Put on your beautiful clothes!
Foreign people who do not serve God
    will not attack your city again.
Shake off the dirt, Jerusalem!
    Get up and sit on your throne.
People of Zion, you are no longer prisoners,
    so take the chains off your neck.

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Footnotes

  1. 52:1 The special city of God's people is called both ‘Jerusalem’ and ‘Zion’.

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)
Shake off your dust;(H)
    rise up,(I) sit enthroned, Jerusalem.
Free yourself from the chains on your neck,(J)
    Daughter Zion,(K) now a captive.

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