- 1Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
- 2Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
- 3For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
- 4For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
- 5Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
- 6Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
- 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
- 8Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
- 9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
- 10The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
- 11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
- 12For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.
- 13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
- 14As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
- 15So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
KING JAMES VERSION
ISAIAH 52
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Isaiah 52 — Zion rises from captivity, the watchmen proclaim peace and salvation, and the exalted yet marred Servant astonishes many nations.
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The messenger and restored city center verses 1–12. The Servant appears only as a distant scarred silhouette at the edge, preserving the chapter break before Isaiah 53.
Scripture basis: Isaiah 52:1–15King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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Archaeological Evidence
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Third century BC–first century AD
Dead Sea Scrolls and the Great Isaiah Scroll
The Great Isaiah Scroll is an almost complete Hebrew copy of Isaiah from about 125 BC. Its fifty-four columns preserve all sixty-six chapters and let readers compare a Second Temple-period biblical manuscript directly with the later Masoretic tradition.
Isaiah 7:14 · Isaiah 9:6–7 · Isaiah 11:1–10
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Hasmonean period, approximately first century BC
4QIsaiahᶜ (4Q57): A Witness to Isaiah 52–53
Fragments of 4Q57 preserve portions from across Isaiah, notably material from Isaiah 52:10–53:8 in the servant passage.
Isaiah 52:10–15 · Isaiah 53:1–3 · Isaiah 53:6–8
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
AD 30–68
4QIsaiahd (4Q58): A Broad Witness to Isaiah 45–58
A late Second Temple Isaiah manuscript preserves broad portions of chapters 45–58, including Zion's restoration, the servant passage, and calls to justice.
Isaiah 45:20 · Isaiah 48:8–22 · Isaiah 49:1–15
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