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This is what the Lord says: You were sold, but no price was paid. You will be bought back, but without money.

This is what the Almighty Lord says: In the beginning my people went to Egypt to live there as foreigners. Later the Assyrians oppressed them for no reason. So what do I find here? asks the Lord. My people are taken away for no reason. Their rulers are screaming, declares the Lord. And my name is cursed all day long.

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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