Dual PanelIsrael Will Be Saved
1Wake up! Wake up! Zion, clothe yourself with strength. Holy city of Jerusalem, stand up and put on your beautiful clothes! Those filthy foreigners will not enter you again.
2Jerusalem, get up and shake off the dust! City of Zion, you were a prisoner, but take the chains off your neck.
3The LORD says, “You were not sold for money. So I will not use money to set you free.”
4The Lord GOD says, “First, my people went down to Egypt and became slaves. Then Assyria made them slaves.
5Now look what has happened. Another nation has taken my people,” says the LORD. “That country did not pay to take my people, but they rule over them and laugh at them, and they say bad things about me all the time.” The LORD is the one saying these things.
6“This happened so that my people will learn about me. My people will know who I am. My people will know my name, and they will know that I Am He is speaking to them.”
7How wonderful it is to see someone coming over the hills to tell good news. How wonderful to hear him announce, “There is peace! We have been saved!” and to hear him say to Zion, “Your God is the king!”
8The city guards are shouting. They are all rejoicing together. They can all see the LORD returning to Zion.
9Ruins of Jerusalem, be happy again! Rejoice because the LORD comforted his people and set Jerusalem free.
10The LORD showed his holy strength to all the nations. All the faraway countries saw how God saved his people.
11So leave Babylon! Leave that place! Priests, you carry the things that belong to the LORD. So make yourselves pure. Don’t touch anything that is not pure.
12You will leave Babylon, but they will not force you to leave in a hurry. You will not be forced to run away. The LORD will be in front of you. The God of Israel will be behind you.
God’s Suffering Servant
13The Lord says, “Look, my servant will succeed in what he has to do, and he will be raised to a position of high honor.
14But many people were shocked when they saw him. He was beaten so badly that they could hardly recognize him as a man.
15It is also true that many nations will be amazed at him. Kings will look at him and be unable to speak. They will not hear the story about my servant; they will see it happen! They will not hear the story, but they will understand!”