Isaiah 52:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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)“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“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“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 DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 52:4 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Genesis 46:7Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.
- 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.”
- Psalms 25:3Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
- 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.
- 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.”
- Isaiah 36:1In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
- 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.”
- John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
- Acts 7:14Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
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