2. Shake off your dust;rise up, sit enthroned, Jerusalem.Free yourself from the chains on your neck,Daughter Zion, now a captive.
3. For this is what the Lord says:‘You were sold for nothing,and without money you will be redeemed.’
4. For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:‘At first my people went down to Egypt to live;lately, Assyria has oppressed them.
5. ‘And now what do I have here?’ declares the Lord.‘For my people have been taken away for nothing,and those who rule them mock,’declares the Lord.‘And all day longmy name is constantly blasphemed.