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Wake up, wake up, O Zion! Clothe yourself with strength. Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem, for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer.
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Rise from the dust, O Jerusalem. Sit in a place of honor. Remove the chains of slavery from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
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For this is what the LORD says: “When I sold you into exile, I received no payment. Now I can redeem you without having to pay for you.”
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This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “Long ago my people chose to live in Egypt. Now they are oppressed by Assyria.
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What is this?” asks the LORD . “Why are my people enslaved again? Those who rule them shout in exultation. My name is blasphemed all day long.
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But I will reveal my name to my people, and they will come to know its power. Then at last they will recognize that I am the one who speaks to them.”