Shake thyself from the [a]dust, arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose the bands of thy neck, O thou captive daughter Zion.

For thus saith the Lord, Ye were sold for [b]naught; therefore shall ye be redeemed without money.

For thus saith the Lord God, My people went [c]down afore time into Egypt to sojourn there, and Assyria [d]oppressed them without cause.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:2 Put off the garments of sorrow and heaviness, and put on the apparel of joy and gladness.
  2. Isaiah 52:3 The Babylonians paid nothing to me for you: therefore I will take you again without ransom.
  3. Isaiah 52:4 When Jacob went thither in time of famine.
  4. Isaiah 52:4 The Egyptians might pretend some cause to oppress my people because they went thither, and remained among them, but the Assyrians have no title to excuse their tyranny by, and therefore will I punish them more than I did the Egyptians.

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