Isaiah 52:3

For thus saith the Lord, Ye have been sold for nought; and ye shall not be ransomed with silver.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 thy neck, captive daughter of Zion.

4Thus saith 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 44:13And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; 1 The rich of the people of the land shall supplicate thy favor. 1

Isaiah 50:1Thus saith 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, ye 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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