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Isaiah 52:4

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4For 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.B

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Footnotes

  1. BOr them at last, or them for nothing

Cross references

  1. qGn 46:6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt to live;

lately, Assyria has oppressed them.

NLTNew Living Translation

This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Long ago my people chose to live in Egypt. Now they are oppressed by Assyria.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“My people went down to Egypt in the beginning, to dwell as aliens there, and Assyria oppressed him without cause.

KJV 1900King James Version

For thus saith the Lord God,

My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there;

And the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.