Isaiah 52:2-4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²Shake yourself from the dust; rise up,
O captive^[a] Jerusalem;
loose the bonds from your neck,
O captive daughter Zion!^(A)

³For thus says the Lord: You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.^(B) ⁴For 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.^(C)