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Isaiah 52:3
For the LORD says, “You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money.”
Isaiah 52:3 · World English Bible
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Isaiah 52:3 in other translations
For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
For thus says the Lord, "You were sold for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money."
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In context
1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you.
2 Shake yourself from the dust! Arise, sit up, Jerusalem! Release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion!
3 For the LORD says, “You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money.”
4 For the Lord GOD says: “My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there; and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.
5 “Now therefore, what do I do here,” says the LORD, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says the LORD, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
6 Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore they shall know in that day that I am he who speaks. Behold, it is I.”
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