Isaiah 52:4

For 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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In The King James Version

For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

In Context

3For Adonai says, “You were sold for nothing; 2 and you will be redeemed without money.”

5“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Adonai, 2 “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? 1 Those who rule over them mock,” says Adonai, 2 “and my name is blasphemed continually all the day. + 52:5. Quoted in Rom 2:24 1

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Cross References

Genesis 46:6They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan [Humbled], and came into Egypt [Abode of slavery]— Jacob, and all his offspring with him,

Psalms 69:4+ 69:4 a MP: Hated without a cause. (John 15:24-25) Those who hate me without a cause + 69:4. Quoted in John 15:25 are more than the hairs of my head. 2 + 69:4 b MP: Accused by false accusations by many enemies. “I am forced to restore what I did not steal.” Consider the parallel and contrast in (Is 53:5-6) “he was afflicted for our crimes.” (See also Is 49:7). (Rom 4:25, 5:8-19) Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. 2 I am forced to restore what I didn’t steal. 1

Isaiah 36:1Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria [Level plain] attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah [Praised], and captured them.

John 15:25But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their Torah ·Teaching, ‘They hated me for no reason at all.’ + 15:25. Quoted from Ps 35:19, 69:4, 109:3

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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