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For the Lord, the Eternal, has this to say:

Eternal One: My people willingly went to live in Egypt long ago;
        but now Assyria has oppressed My people for no good reason.

    So what now? Babylon has assumed it can simply take My people away
        with no recompense and no respect.
    Their tyrannical rulers jeer and cheer
        and continually deride My name.
    Well, it’s not over. My people will know My name.
        At the time that I determine,
    My people will see again who I am.
        I will tell them, “I am here. And I am ready.”

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For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt(A) to live;
    lately, Assyria(B) has oppressed them.

“And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.

“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
    and those who rule them mock,[a]
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
    my name is constantly blasphemed.(C)
Therefore my people will know(D) my name;(E)
    therefore in that day(F) they will know
that it is I who foretold(G) it.
    Yes, it is I.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:5 Dead Sea Scrolls and Vulgate; Masoretic Text wail