Isaiah 52:3

For thus says the Lord, You⌃ have been sold for nothing; and you⌃ shall not be ransomed with silver.

LXX2012 (US 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

2Shake off the dust and arise; sit down, Jerusalem: put off the band of your neck, captive daughter of Sion.

4Thus says the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:54And if he do not pay his ransom accordingly, he shall go out in the year of his release, he and his children with him.

Psalms 44:13All her glory is that of the daughter of the king + 44:13 Alex. ἔσωθεν, within, so Heb. of Esebon, robed as she is in golden fringed garments, 1

Isaiah 50:1Thus says the Lord, Of what kind is your mother's bill of divorcement, by which I put her away? or to which debtor have I sold you? Behold, you⌃ are sold for your sins, and for your iniquities have I put your mother 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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