2. Get up, Jerusalem! Shake off your dust. Take your place on your throne. Captured people of Zion, remove the chains from your neck.
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."
4. The Lord and King continues, "Long ago my people went down to Egypt. They lived there for a while. Later, Assyria crushed them without any reason.