Holy Scripture
Isaiah 52:2
A church father on this verse
“The creation, then, after being restored to a better and more fitting state, remains, rejoicing and exulting over the children of God at the resurrection. For their sake the creation now groans and travails, waiting itself also for our redemption from the corruption of the body, that, when we have risen and shaken off…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2Shake off the dust and arise; sit down, Jerusalem: put off the band of thy neck, captive daughter of Zion.
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1Awake, awake, Zion; put on thy strength, O Zion; and do thou put on thy glory, Jerusalem the holy city: there shall no more pass through thee the uncircumcised and unclean.
— Isaiah 52:2 —
3For thus saith the Lord, Ye have been sold for nought; and ye shall not be ransomed with silver.
4Thus saith the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians.