Isaiah 52:2-4

Contemporary English Version

² Zion, rise from the dirt!
Free yourself from the rope
    around your neck.

³ The Lord says:
My people, you were sold,
    but not for money;
now you will be set free,
    but not for a payment.
⁴ Long ago you went to Egypt
where you lived
    as foreigners.
Then Assyria was cruel to you,