Isaiah 52:4-6

Contemporary English Version

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.
⁶ My people, you will learn
who I am and who is speaking
    because I am here.