King James Version
Isaiah 52:3 in the King James Version says “For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 52 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.”
Isaiah 52:3 · KJV
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“Ye have sold”
H4376to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and ye shall be redeemed”
H1350to redeem (according to the middle eastern law of kinship), i.e., to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his wido
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