1 Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, Zion!Put on your beautiful clothes, holy city of Jerusalem.Godless and evil people will no longer come to you.
2 Shake the dust from yourselves.Get up, captive Jerusalem.Free yourself from the chains around your neck, captive people of Zion.
3 This is what the Lord says: You were sold, but no price was paid. You will be bought back, but without money.
4 This is what the Almighty Lord says: In the beginning my people went to Egypt to live there as foreigners. Later the Assyrians oppressed them for no reason.
5 So what do I find here? asks the Lord. My people are taken away for no reason. Their rulers are screaming, declares the Lord. And my name is cursed all day long.