The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;(A)
a light has dawned
on those living in the land of darkness.(B)

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The people walking in darkness(A)
    have seen a great light;(B)
on those living in the land of deep darkness(C)
    a light has dawned.(D)

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19 Your dead will live; their bodies[a] will rise.(A)
Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!
For you will be covered with the morning dew,[b]
and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.

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Footnotes

  1. 26:19 Lit live; my body they
  2. 26:19 Lit For your dew is a dew of lights

19 But your dead(A) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(B)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(C) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.(D)

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26 The moonlight will be as bright as the sunlight, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter(A)—like the light of seven days—on the day(B) that the Lord bandages his people’s injuries and heals the wounds he inflicted.(C)

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26 The moon will shine like the sun,(A) and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals(B) the wounds he inflicted.

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17 Wake yourself, wake yourself up!
Stand up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk the cup of his fury(A)
from the Lord’s hand;
you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs—
the cup that causes people to stagger.

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The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

17 Awake, awake!(A)
    Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
    the cup(B) of his wrath,(C)
you who have drained to its dregs(D)
    the goblet that makes people stagger.(E)

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Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!
Take your seat, Jerusalem.
Remove the bonds[a] from your neck,
captive Daughter Zion.”

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Footnotes

  1. 52:2 Alt Hb tradition reads The bonds are removed

Shake off your dust;(A)
    rise up,(B) sit enthroned, Jerusalem.
Free yourself from the chains on your neck,(C)
    Daughter Zion,(D) now a captive.

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14 for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said:

Get up, sleeper,(A) and rise up from the dead,(B)
and Christ will shine on you.(C)

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14 This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,(A)
    rise from the dead,(B)
    and Christ will shine on you.”(C)

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