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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]

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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”

For this is what the Lord says: “You were (A)sold for nothing, and you will be (B)redeemed (C)without money.” For this is what the Lord [a]God says: “My people (D)went down to Egypt first to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without reason. And now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason?” Again the Lord declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My (E)name is continually reviled all day long. Therefore, My people shall (F)know My name; therefore on that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:4 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord