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Isaiah 52:3

Salvation

1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

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

For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
KJV
For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
WEB
For the LORD says, “You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money.”
ASV
For thus saith Jehovah, Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
DARBY
For thus saith Jehovah: Ye have sold yourselves for nought, and ye shall be redeemed without money.
BLB
For thus says YHWH: “You⁺ were sold for nothing, and without money you⁺ will be redeemed.”
ÅB
For så sier Herren: For intet ble dere solgt, og uten penger skal dere bli gjenløst.
OTB
For så sier Herren: "Du ble solgt for ingenting, og uten penger skal du bli løskjøpt."
B1930
For så sier Herren: For intet blev I solgt, og uten penger skal I bli gjenløst.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Peter 1:18

    Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

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  • Isaiah 45:13

    I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

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  • Psalms 44:12

    Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

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  • Jeremiah 15:13

    Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

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  • Isaiah 50:1

    Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

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  • Romans 7:14–25

    For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

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