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 off the dirt! Get up, captive Jerusalem! Take off the iron chains around your neck, O captive daughter Zion! 3For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money.” For this is what the sovereign Lord says: “In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt; Assyria oppressed them for no good reason. 5And now, what do we have here?” says the Lord. “Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the Lord, “and my name is constantly slandered all day long. 6For this reason my people will know my name, for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says, ‘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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• went downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• aforetimeרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• into Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• to sojournגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481
• there; and the Assyrianאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• oppressedעָשַׁק‛âshaq · to oppressH6231
• them without causeאֶ֫פֶס'ephes · endH657

Cross-references for Isaiah 52:4

• Genesis 46:6Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt.
• Acts 7:14So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.
• Isaiah 14:25I will break Assyria in my land, I will trample them underfoot on my hills. Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders.
• Isaiah 36:1In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
• Isaiah 37:1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple.
• Jeremiah 50:17“The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.
• Job 2:3Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason.”
• Psalms 25:3Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.
• Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!
• John 15:25Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without 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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• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
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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