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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Long ago my people chose to live in Egypt. Now they are oppressed by Assyria.

Context of Isaiah 52:4

2Shake off your dust; rise up, sit enthroned, Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, Daughter Zion, now a captive. 3For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.” For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “At first my people went down to Egypt to live; lately, Assyria has oppressed them. 5“And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord. “For my people have been taken away for nothing, and those who rule them mock,” declares the Lord. “And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed. 6Therefore my people will know my name; therefore in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I.”

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 46:6So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan.
• Acts 7:14After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family, seventy-five in all.
• Isaiah 14:25I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
• Isaiah 36:1In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
• Isaiah 37:1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord.
• Jeremiah 50:17“Israel is a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first to devour them was the king of Assyria; the last to crush their bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
• Job 2:3Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”
• Psalms 25:3No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause.
• Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
• John 15:25But this is to fulfill what 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
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Egypt, Egyptian
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
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• Atonement
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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