Isaiah 52:4
For 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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3For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price.
Cross References
Genesis 46:6And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, even Jacob and all his seed:
Job 2:3And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.
Psalms 69:4\69:3\I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.
Isaiah 36:1And it came about in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah that Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the walled towns of Judah and took them.
John 15:25This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.
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 →