3 For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,

and you will be redeemed without silver.”p

4 For this is what the Lord God says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,q

then Assyria oppressed them without cause.E

5 So now what have I here”—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

“that my people are taken away for nothing?

Its rulers wail”—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

“and my name is continually blasphemed all day long.a

6 Therefore my people will know my name;b

therefore they will know on that day

that I am he who says,

‘Here I am.’ ”