Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!
Take your seat, Jerusalem.
Remove the bonds[a] from your neck,
captive Daughter Zion.”
For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”(A)
For this is what the Lord God says:
“At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,(B)
then Assyria oppressed them without cause.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 52:2 Alt Hb tradition reads The bonds are removed
  2. 52:4 Or them at last, or them for nothing

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