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
Isaiah 52:3-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”(A)
4 For this is what the Lord God says:
“At first My people went down to Egypt to live there,(B)
then Assyria oppressed them without cause.[a]
5 So now what have I here”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“that My people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.(C)
6 Therefore My people will know My name;(D)
therefore they will know on that day
that I am He who says:
Here I am.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 52:4 Or them at last, or them for nothing
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