Add parallel Print Page Options

For thus says Yahweh:

“You were sold for nothing,
    and you shall be redeemed without money.”

For thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“My people went down to Egypt in the beginning, to dwell as aliens there, and Assyria oppressed him without cause.[a] And now what do I have here?”declares[b] Yahweh, “for my people is taken without cause. Its rulers howl,” declares[c] Yahweh—“and my name is reviled continually, all day. Therefore my people shall know my name, therefore in that day, that I am the one who speaks. Here am I.”[d]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:4 Literally “in nothing”
  2. Isaiah 52:5 Literally “declaration of”
  3. Isaiah 52:5 Literally “declaration of”
  4. Isaiah 52:6 Literally “Look at me”

The Lord proclaims:
You were sold for nothing,
    and you will be redeemed without money.
The Lord God proclaims:
Long ago my people went down
    to reside in Egypt.
    Moreover, Assyria has oppressed them without cause.
And now what have I here? says the Lord.
    My people are taken away for nothing.
Their rulers wail, says the Lord,
    and continually all day long my name is despised.
Therefore, my people will know my name on that day;
    I’m the one who promises it; I’m here.

Read full chapter