For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt(A) to live;
    lately, Assyria(B) has oppressed them.

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For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

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For thus says the Lord God:

“My people went down at first
Into (A)Egypt to [a]dwell there;
Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:4 As resident aliens

“And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.

“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
    and those who rule them mock,[a]
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
    my name is constantly blasphemed.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:5 Dead Sea Scrolls and Vulgate; Masoretic Text wail

Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

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Now therefore, what have I here,” says the Lord,
“That My people are taken away for nothing?
Those who rule over them
[a]Make them wail,” says the Lord,
“And My name is (A)blasphemed continually every day.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:5 DSS Mock; LXX Marvel and wail; Tg. Boast themselves; Vg. Treat them unjustly