Isaiah 52:3
What does Isaiah 52:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 52:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For thus saith Jehovah, Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For thus saith Jehovah, Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For thus said Jehovah: `For nought ye have been sold, And not by money are ye redeemed.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For thus saith the Lord: You were sold gratis, and you shall be redeemed, without money.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For thus saith Jehovah: Ye have sold yourselves for nought, and ye shall be redeemed without money.
Context
v.2Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit on thy throne, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
v.3This passage
v.4For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without cause.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 45:13
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- Psalms 44:12
Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased thy wealth by their price.
- 1 Peter 1:18
knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;
- Jeremiah 15:13
Thy substance and thy treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
- Romans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
- Isaiah 50:1
Thus saith Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
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