Isaiah 52:4

Isaiah 52:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
• New International Version (NIV)For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “At first my people went down to Egypt to live; lately, Assyria has oppressed them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For thus says the Lord God: "My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For thus says the Lord God: “My people went down at first Into Egypt to dwell there; Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

Context of Isaiah 52:4

2Shake yourself from the dust, rise up, Captive Jerusalem; Release yourself from the chains around your neck, Captive daughter of Zion. 3For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money.” For this is what the Lord God says: “My people went down to Egypt first to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without reason. 5And now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason?” Again the Lord declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My name is continually reviled all day long. 6Therefore, My people shall know My name; therefore on that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”

Isaiah 52:4 word by word

כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה מִצְרַ֛יִם יָֽרַד־עַמִּ֥י בָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֖ה לָג֣וּר שָׁ֑ם וְאַשּׁ֖וּר בְּאֶ֥פֶס עֲשָׁקֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• For thisכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• wentיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• to resideגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• then the Assyrianאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• oppressedעָשַׁק‛âshaq · to oppressH6231
• them withoutאֶ֫פֶס'ephes · endH657

Cross-references for Isaiah 52:4

• Genesis 46:6They also took their livestock and their possessions, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him:
• Acts 7:14Then Joseph sent word and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five people in all.
• Isaiah 14:25to break Assyria in My land, and I will trample him on My mountains. Then his yoke will be removed from them, and his burden removed from their shoulders.
• Isaiah 36:1Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria marched against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them.
• Isaiah 37:1Now when King Hezekiah heard the report, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of the Lord.
• Jeremiah 50:17“Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria, and this last one who has gnawed his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
• Job 2:3The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds firm to his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
• Psalms 25:3Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed; Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.
• Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, those who oppose me with lies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore.
• John 15:25But this has happened so that the word that is written in their Law will be fulfilled: ‘They hated Me for no reason.’

Commentaries on Isaiah 52:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thus saith the Lord God - יהוה אדני Adonai Jehovah ; but Adonai is wanting in twelve of Kennicott's, five of De Rossi's, and two of my own MSS.; and by the Septuagint and Arabic. Some MSS. have צבאות יהוה Jehovah tsebaoth, "Lord of hosts;" and others have אלהים יהוה Yehovah Elohim, "Lord God."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For thus saith the Lord God - In order to show them that he could redeem them without money, God reminds them of what had been done in former times. The numerous captives in Egypt, whose services were so valuable to the Egyptians, and whom the Egyptians were so unwilling to suffer to depart, he had rescued by his own power, and had delivered for ever from that bondage. The idea here is, that with the same ease he could rescue the captives in Babylon, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them: The exodus from exile would resemble Israel's past exodus from Egypt.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. My people--Jacob and his sons. went down--Judea was an elevated country compared with Egypt. sojourn--They went there to stay only till the famine in Canaan should have ceased. Assyrian--Sennacherib. Remember how I delivered you from Egypt and the Assyrian; what, then, is to prevent Me from delivering you out of Babylon (and the mystical Babylon and the Antichrist in the last days)? without cause--answering to "for naught" in Is 52:5; it was an act of…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 52:4

• Church
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Oppression

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Commentaries on Isaiah 52

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings