“For Yahweh says, “You were sold for nothing;and you will be redeemed without money.”
Isaiah 52:3 (WEB)
Context Reading
1Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion.Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city,for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you. 2Shake yourself from the dust!Arise, sit up, Jerusalem!Release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion! 3For Yahweh says, “You were sold for nothing;and you will be redeemed without money.” 4For the Lord Yahweh says:“My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there;and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause. 5“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh,“seeing that my people are taken away for nothing?Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh,“and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.