1 Jerusalem, be strong and great again!Holy city of God, clothe yourself with splendor!The heathen will never enter your gates again.
2 Shake yourself free, Jerusalem!Rise from the dust and sit on your throne!Undo the chains that bind you,captive people of Zion!
3 The Sovereign Lord says to his people, “When you became slaves, no money was paid for you; in the same way nothing will be paid to set you free.
4 When you went to live in Egypt as foreigners, you did so of your own free will; Assyria, however, took you away by force and paid nothing for you.