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Isaiah 52:4

World English Bible

For the Lord Yahweh says:
“My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there:
and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.

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Isaiah 52:4 in other translations

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.

Isaiah 52:4 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 52:4 in context

  1. 2Shake yourself from the dust!
    Arise, sit up, Jerusalem!
    Release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion!
  2. 3For Yahweh says, “You were sold for nothing;
    and you will be redeemed without money.”
  3. 4For the Lord Yahweh says:
    “My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there:
    and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.
  4. 5“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh,
    “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing?
    Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh,
    “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
  5. 6Therefore my people shall know my name.
    Therefore they shall know in that day that I am he who speaks.
    Behold, it is I.”