Isaiah 52:3

For Adonai says, “You were sold for nothing; 2 and you will be redeemed 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

2Shake yourself from the dust! 2 Arise, sit up, Jerusalem [City of peace]! 2 Release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking]! 1

4For thus says 'Adonay Adonai [Lord Yahweh]: 1 “My people went down at the first into Egypt [Abode of slavery] to live there: 2 and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:54If he is not redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Jubilee Year ·Shofar Year·, he, and his children with him. (LY: Maftir ·Conclusion·)

Psalms 44:13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, 2 a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us. 1

Isaiah 50:1Adonai says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? 2 or to which of my creditors have I sold you? 1 Behold, you were sold for your depravities (moral evils), 2 and your mother was put away for your rebellious breaches of relationships. 1

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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