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 thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. 3For thus saith Yhwh, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. For thus saith the Lord Yhwh, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. 5Now therefore, what have I here, saith Yhwh, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith Yhwh; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. 6Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, 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

• For thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Yhwhיְהֹוִהyehôvih · 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 46:6And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
• Acts 7:14Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
• Isaiah 14:25That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
• Isaiah 36:1Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
• Isaiah 37:1And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yhwh.
• Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
• Job 2:3And Yhwh said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
• Psalms 25:3Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
• Psalms 69:4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
• John 15:25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

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