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But now, what is happening?
An enemy has taken my people away as slaves,
    for no good reason.[a]
Their leaders boast loudly,
    and they insult me all the time.
So I will cause my people to know my name.
When all this happens, they will know
    that I am the God who speaks to them.
I tell them that I am with them.’

Somebody is coming across the mountains
    to bring good news to us!
It is a beautiful thing to see him run towards us!
He has come to tell us that there will be peace,
    because God will save our city.
He says to Zion,
    ‘Your God rules as king!’

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Footnotes

  1. 52:5 ‘for no good reason’ or ‘without paying for them’

“And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.

“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
    and those who rule them mock,[a]
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
    my name is constantly blasphemed.(A)
Therefore my people will know(B) my name;(C)
    therefore in that day(D) they will know
that it is I who foretold(E) it.
    Yes, it is I.”

How beautiful on the mountains(F)
    are the feet of those who bring good news,(G)
who proclaim peace,(H)
    who bring good tidings,
    who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
    “Your God reigns!”(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:5 Dead Sea Scrolls and Vulgate; Masoretic Text wail