Isaiah 52:3

For thus hath said the Lord, For naught were you sold, and without silver shall ye be redeemed.

Leeser Tanakh

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

2Shake thyself free from the dust, arise, sit down, O Jerusalem: loosen thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive, daughter of Zion.

4For thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Into Egypt went my people down aforetimes, to sojourn there, and Asshur hath oppressed it without cause.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:54And if he be not redeemed by [one of] these means: then shall he go out in the year of the jubilee, both he, and his children with him.

Psalms 44:13(44:14) Thou renderest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.

Isaiah 50:1Thus hath said the Lord, Where is your mother's bill of divorcement, wherewith I have sent her away? or who of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother sent away.

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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