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And now what do I have here?”declares[a] Yahweh, “for my people is taken without cause. Its rulers howl,” declares[b] Yahweh—“and my name is reviled continually, all day. Therefore my people shall know my name, therefore in that day, that I am the one who speaks. Here am I.”[c]

How delightful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news,
    who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation,
    who says to Zion, “Your God reigns as a king.”

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  1. Isaiah 52:5 Literally “declaration of”
  2. Isaiah 52:5 Literally “declaration of”
  3. Isaiah 52:6 Literally “Look at me”

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