Isaiah 52:3-6
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3 For thus says the Lord: You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.(A) 4 For thus says the Lord God: Long ago, my people went down into Egypt to reside there as aliens; the Assyrian, too, has oppressed them without cause.(B) 5 Now therefore what am I doing here, says the Lord, seeing that my people are taken away without cause? Their rulers howl, says the Lord, and continually, all day long, my name is despised.(C) 6 Therefore my people shall know my name; on[a] that day they shall know that it is I who speak—it is I!(D)
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- 52.6 Q ms Syr Vg Tg: MT therefore on
Isaiah 52:3-6
English Standard Version
3 For thus says the Lord: (A)“You were sold for nothing, and (B)you shall be redeemed without money.” 4 For thus says the Lord God: (C)“My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.[a] 5 Now therefore what have I here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the Lord, “and (D)continually all the day my name is despised. 6 Therefore my people shall know my name. (E)Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here I am.”
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- Isaiah 52:4 Or the Assyrian has oppressed them of late
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