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“How beautiful[a] on the mountains
    are the feet of the one who brings news of peace,[b]
who announces good things,
    who announces salvation,[c]
        who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’
Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices,[d]
    together they sing for joy;
for they will see in plain sight
    the return of the Lord to Zion with compassion.[e]

“Break forth together into singing,[f]
    you ruins of Jerusalem;
for the Lord has comforted his people,
    and[g] he has redeemed Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:7 Lit. they are beautiful; so 1QIsaa MTT LXXmss; 4QIsab reads It is beautiful
  2. Isaiah 52:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read who brings good news
  3. Isaiah 52:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads who announces peace, who brings news of good things, who announces salvation; cf. LXX
  4. Isaiah 52:8 Lit. their voice; so 1QIsaa; MT reads the voice
  5. Isaiah 52:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks with compassion
  6. Isaiah 52:9 Lit. sing for joy (sing.); so 1QIsaa; MT reads sing for joy (pl.)
  7. Isaiah 52:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and