Isaiah 52:2-5

Isaiah 52:2-5

[2] Shake  thyself from the dust;  arise,  and sit down,  O Jerusalem:  loose  thyself from the bands  of thy neck,  O captive  daughter  of Zion.  [3] For thus saith  the LORD,  Ye have sold  yourselves for nought;  and ye shall be redeemed  without money.  [4] For thus saith  the Lord  GOD,  My people  went down  aforetime  into Egypt  to sojourn  there; and the Assyrian  oppressed  them without cause.  [5] Now therefore, what have I here, saith  the LORD,  that my people  is taken away  for nought?  they that rule  over them make them to howl,  saith  the LORD;  and my name  continually  every day  is blasphemed.