Isaiah 52:3
This is what the Lord says: You were sold for nothing, and you will be bought back without money.
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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
Cross References
Leviticus 25:54If they are not bought back in any of the ways described, they and their children shall be freed in the Jubilee Year.
Psalms 44:13You have made a mockery of us before our neighbors, we are ridiculed and laughed at by those around us.
Isaiah 50:1This is what the Lord says: Where's your mother's divorce certificate I gave her when I sent her away? Which of my creditors did I sell you to? Now look! You were sold because of your sins, and your mother was sent away because of your wrongdoing.
Romans 7:14We realize that the law is spiritual; but I'm all-too-human, a slave to 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 →