Thus saith the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians.
KJV
Isaiah 52:4
For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Parallel Translations
Thus says the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians.
For the Lord Yahweh says: “My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there; and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.
Cross References
Genesis 46:6Psalms 69:4Acts 7:14–15Job 2:3Psalms 25:3Isaiah 36:1–22John 15:25Jeremiah 50:17Isaiah 14:25
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