Isaiah 52:1-10

“Wake up, wake up; put on your strength, Zion! Put on your beautiful garments,  Jerusalem, the holy city!  For the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer enter you.  Stand up, shake the dust off yourself! Take your seat, Jerusalem. Remove the bonds  from your neck, captive Daughter Zion.” For this is what the  Lord  says: “You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without silver.”  For this is what the Lord God  says: “At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,  then Assyria oppressed them without cause.  So now what have I here” — this is the  Lord’s declaration — “that my people are taken away for nothing? Its rulers wail” — this is the  Lord’s declaration — “and my name is continually blasphemed all day long.  Therefore my people will know my name;  therefore they will know on that day that I am he who says, ‘Here I am.’ ” How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the herald, who proclaims peace, who brings news of good things,  who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns! ”  The voices of your watchmen   — they lift up their voices, shouting for joy together; for every eye will see when the Lord returns to Zion. Be joyful, rejoice together, you ruins of Jerusalem!  For the Lord has comforted his people;  he has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord has displayed his holy arm in the sight of all the nations;  all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.