Isaiah 52:5

New International Reader's Version

“Now look at what has happened to them,” announces the Lord. “Once again my people have been taken away. And no one paid anything for them. Those who rule over them brag about it,” announces the Lord. “All day long without stopping, people speak evil things against my name.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:14

But you have dared to show great disrespect for the Lord. So the son who has been born to you will die.”

Psalm 44:12

You sold your people for very little. You didn’t gain anything when you sold them.

Psalm 44:16

That’s because they laugh at me and attack me with their words. They want to get even with me.

Psalm 74:10

God, how long will your enemies make fun of you? Will they attack you with their words forever?

Psalm 74:18

Lord, remember how your enemies have made fun of you. Remember how foolish people have attacked you with their words.

Exodus 3:7

The Lord said, “I have seen how my people are suffering in Egypt. I have heard them cry out because of their slave drivers. I am concerned about their suffering.

Isaiah 22:16

‘What are you doing here outside the city? Who allowed you to cut out a tomb for yourself here? Who said you could carve out your grave on the hillside? Who allowed you to cut out your resting place in the rock?

Isaiah 37:28

“ ‘ “ ‘But I know where you are. I know when you come and go. I know how very angry you are with me.

Isaiah 37:6

Then he said to them, “Tell your master, ‘The Lord says, “Do not be afraid of what you have heard. The officers who are under the king of Assyria have spoken evil things against me.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people. I treated them as if they did not belong to me. I handed them over to you. And you did not show them any pity. You even placed heavy loads on their old people.

Isaiah 51:20

Your children have fainted. They lie helpless at every street corner. They are like antelope that have been caught in a net. They have felt the full force of the Lord’s great anger. Jerusalem, your God had to warn them strongly.

Isaiah 51:23

Instead, I will give it to those who made you suffer. They said to you, ‘Fall down flat on the ground. Then we can walk all over you.’ And that is exactly what you did. You made your back like a street to be walked on.”

Isaiah 52:3

The Lord says, “When you were sold as slaves, no one paid anything for you. Now no one will pay any money to set you free.”

Jeremiah 50:17

“Israel is like a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first lion that ate them up was the king of Assyria. The last one that broke their bones was Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon.”

Lamentations 1:21

“People have heard me groan. But no one is here to comfort me. My enemies have heard about all my troubles. What you have done makes them happy. So please judge them, just as you said you would. Let them become like me.

Lamentations 2:3

When he was very angry, he took away Israel’s power. He pulled back his powerful right hand as the enemy approached. His burning anger blazed out in Jacob’s land. It burned up everything near it.

Ezekiel 20:14

But I wanted my name to be honored. I kept it from being treated as if it were not holy. I did not want that to happen in front of the nations. They had seen me bring Israel out of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:9

I wanted my name to be honored. So I brought my people out of Egypt. I did it to keep my name from being treated as if it were not holy. I didn’t want this to happen in front of the nations around my people. I had made myself known to Israel in the sight of those nations.

Zephaniah 1:10

“At that time people at the Fish Gate in Jerusalem will cry out,” announces the Lord. “So will those at the New Quarter. The buildings on the hills will come crashing down with a loud noise.

Romans 2:24

It is written, “The Gentiles say evil things against God’s name because of you.” (Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:22)

Judges 18:3

When they came near Micah’s house, they recognized a voice. It was the voice of the young Levite. So they turned off the road and stopped there. They asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”