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Isaiah 52:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and now another nation has taken you prisoner for no reason at all. Your leaders groan with pain, and day after day my own name is cursed.

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You sold your people for little or nothing, and you earned no profit.

But others mock and sneer, as they watch my enemies take revenge on me.

Our God, how much longer will our enemies sneer? Won't they ever stop insulting you?

Remember your enemies, LORD! They foolishly sneer and won't respect you.

The LORD said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt, and I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being ill-treated. I feel sorry for them,

Shebna, what gives you the right to have a tomb carved out of rock in this burial place of royalty? None of your relatives are buried here.

I know-all about you, even how fiercely angry you are with me.

I told them that the LORD had this message for Hezekiah: I am the LORD. Don't worry about the insulting things that have been said about me by these messengers from the king of Assyria.

I was angry with my people. So I let you take their land and bring disgrace on them. You showed them no mercy, but were especially cruel to those who were old.

The LORD your God is angry, and on every street corner your children lie helpless, like deer trapped in nets.

Instead I will give it to your brutal enemies, who treated you like dirt and walked all over you.”

The LORD says: My people, you were sold, but not for money; now you will be set free, but not for a payment.

Israel is a flock of sheep scattered by hungry lions. The king of Assyria first gobbled Israel up. Then Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylonia, crunched on Israel's bones.

Everyone heard my groaning, but no one offered comfort. My enemies know of the trouble that you have brought on me, and it makes them glad. Hurry and punish them, as you have promised.

The Lord was so furiously angry that he wiped out the whole army of Israel by not supporting them when the enemy attacked. He was like a raging fire that swallowed up the descendants of Jacob.

But that would have disgraced me, because many other nations had seen me bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

But that would have made me look like a liar, because I had already promised in front of everyone that I would lead them out of Egypt.

I, the LORD, promise that on that day noisy crying will be heard from Fish Gate, New Town, and Upper Hills.

It is just as the Scriptures tell us, “You have made foreigners say insulting things about God.”

because they heard the young Levite talking, and they knew from his accent that he was from the south. They asked him, “What are you doing here? Who brought you here?”




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