Isaiah 52:4

2 Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

3 For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”

For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

5 And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.

6 Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know on that day that I am He who speaks. Here I am!”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. 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 GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
KJV
For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
WEB
For the Lord GOD says: “My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there; and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.
ASV
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without cause.
DARBY
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and Assyria oppressed them without cause;
BLB
For thus says the Lord YHWH: “My people went down to Egypt at first, to dwell there, and Assyria has oppressed them without cause.
ÅB
Ja, så sier Herren, Israels Gud: I sin første tid dro mitt folk ned til Egypt for å bo der som fremmed, og siden undertrykte Assur det uten noen rett.
OTB
For så sier Herren Gud: "Mitt folk dro ned til Egypt først for å bo der; så undertrykte Assyria dem uten grunn.
B1930
Ja, så sier Herren, Israels Gud: I sin første tid drog mitt folk ned til Egypten for å bo der som fremmed, og siden undertrykte Assur det uten nogen rett.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 46:6

    They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.

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  • Psalms 69:4

    Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

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  • Acts 7:14–15

    Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

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  • Job 2:3

    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

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  • Psalms 25:3

    Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.

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  • John 15:25

    But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

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  • Isaiah 36:1–22

    In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.

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  • Isaiah 14:25

    I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”

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