Isaiah 52:3

For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Make yourself clean from the dust; up! and take the seat of your power, O Jerusalem: the bands of your neck are loose, O prisoned daughter of Zion.

4For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:54And if he is not made free in this way, he will go out in the year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.

Psalms 44:13\44:12\You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.

Isaiah 50:1This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.

Romans 7:14For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 52:2-7

Encouragement to Jerusalem. ( b. c. 706.) 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. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →

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