Isaiah 52:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³ The Lord says:
My people, you were sold,
    but not for money;
now you will be set free,
    but not for a payment.
⁴ Long ago you went to Egypt
where you lived
    as foreigners.
Then Assyria was cruel to you,
^{5     (A)} and now another nation^[a]
has taken you prisoner
    for no reason at all.
Your leaders groan with pain,^[b]
and day after day
    my own name is cursed.