Isaiah 52:2-4

New International Reader's Version

²Get up, Jerusalem! Shake off your dust.
Take your place on your throne.
Captured people of Zion,
remove the chains from your neck.

³The Lord says,

“When you were sold as slaves, no one paid anything for you.
Now no one will pay any money to set you free.”

⁴The Lord and King continues,

“Long ago my people went down to Egypt.
They lived there for a while.
Later, Assyria crushed them without any reason.

Isaiah 52:2-4

New International Version

²Shake off your dust;^(A)
rise up,^(B) sit enthroned, Jerusalem.
Free yourself from the chains on your neck,^(C)
Daughter Zion,^(D) now a captive.

³For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,^(E)
and without money^(F) you will be redeemed.^(G)”

⁴For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt^(H) to live;
lately, Assyria^(I) has oppressed them.

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New International Version (NIV)