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But now, what am I to do here?
    —oracle of the Lord.
My people have been taken away for nothing;
    their rulers mock, oracle of the Lord;
    constantly, every day, my name is reviled.
Therefore my people shall know my name
    on that day, that it is I who speaks: Here I am!
How beautiful upon the mountains[a]
    are the feet of the one bringing good news,
Announcing peace, bearing good news,
    announcing salvation, saying to Zion,
    “Your God is King!”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 52:7–10 God leads the people back from Babylon to Zion, from whose ruined walls sentinels greet the returning exiles.

“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