² Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, captive daughter of Zion.

³ For thus saith Jehovah: Ye have sold yourselves for nought, and ye shall be redeemed without money.

⁴ For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and Assyria oppressed them without cause;