Isaiah 52:3-5

Amplified Bible

³ For the Lord says this, “You were sold for nothing and you will be redeemed, but not with money.” ⁴ For the Lord God says this, “My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there; and [many years later Sennacherib] the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. ⁵ But now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason? Those who rule over them howl [with taunting and mockery of salvation],” declares the Lord, “and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.^(A)