Isaiah 52:4

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“For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.”

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BSBPD

“For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without cause.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For thus said the Lord Jehovah: `To Egypt My people went down at first to sojourn there, And Asshur--for nought he hath oppressed it.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 52:4 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 46:6They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
  2. Genesis 46:7Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.
  3. Job 2:3Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
  4. Psalms 25:3Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
  5. Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
  6. Isaiah 14:25I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
  7. Isaiah 36:1In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
  8. Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
  9. John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
  10. Acts 7:14Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

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