For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”(A)
For this is what the Lord God says:
“At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,(B)
then Assyria oppressed them without cause.[a]
So now what have I here”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“that my people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and my name is continually blasphemed all day long.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 52:4 Or them at last, or them for nothing

For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,(A)
    and without money(B) you will be redeemed.(C)

For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

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

“And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.

“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
    and those who rule them mock,[a]
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
    my name is constantly blasphemed.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:5 Dead Sea Scrolls and Vulgate; Masoretic Text wail