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Deliverance for Jerusalem

Isaiah 52:3

In 11 translations

BSB
For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
KJV
For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
WEB
For Yahweh says, “You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money.”
ASV
For thus saith Jehovah, Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
LSV
For thus said YHWH: “You have been sold for nothing, || And you are redeemed without money.”
YLT
For thus said Jehovah: 'For nought ye have been sold, And not by money are ye redeemed.'
DBY
For thus saith Jehovah: Ye have sold yourselves for nought, and ye shall be redeemed without money.
DRC
For thus saith the Lord: You were sold gratis, and you shall be redeemed without money.
GNV
For thus sayeth the Lord, Yee were solde for naught: therefore shall ye be redeemed without money.
JPS
For thus saith the LORD: Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
LXXE
For thus saith the Lord, Ye have been sold for nought; and ye shall not be ransomed with silver.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּֽי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה חִנָּ֖ם נִמְכַּרְתֶּ֑ם וְלֹ֥א בְכֶ֖סֶף תִּגָּאֵֽלוּ׃
LXX-Br
Ὅτι τάδε λέγει Κύριος, δωρεὰν ἐπράθητε, καὶ οὐ μετὰ ἀργυρίου λυτρωθήσεσθε.

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  • Isaiah 45:13I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”
  • 1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
  • Psalms 44:12You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
  • Isaiah 50:1This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions…
  • Jeremiah 15:13Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
  • Romans 7:14–25We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit…

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