1. Wake up, wake up, Jerusalem!Become strong!Be beautiful again,holy city of Jerusalem.The people who do not worship God and who are not purewill not enter you again.
2. Jerusalem, you once were a prisoner.Now shake off the dust and stand up.Jerusalem, you once were a prisoner.But now free yourself from the chains around your neck.
3. This is what the Lord says:“You were not sold for a price.So you will be saved without cost.”
4. This is what the Lord God says:“First my people went down to Egypt to live.Later Assyria made them slaves.
5. “Now see what has happened,” says the Lord.“Another nation has taken away my people for nothing.This nation who rules them makes fun of me,” says the Lord.“All day long they speak against me.
6. But this has happened so my people will know who I am.They will know I am God.And they will know that I am the one speaking to them.”
7. How beautiful is the personwho comes over the mountains to bring good news.How beautiful is the one who announces peace.He brings good newsand announces salvation.How beautiful are the feet of the one who says to Jerusalem,“Your God is king.”