Isaiah 52:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

Young's Literal Translation
For thus said the Lord Jehovah: ‘To Egypt My people went down at first to sojourn there, And Asshur—for nought he hath oppressed it.

King James Bible
For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

Hebrew
For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

this is what
כֹ֤ה (ḵōh)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

GOD
יְהוִ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

says:
אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“At first
בָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֖ה (ḇā·ri·šō·nāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7223: First, in place, time, rank

My people
עַמִּ֥י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

went down
יָֽרַד־ (yā·raḏ-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

to Egypt
מִצְרַ֛יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

to live,
לָג֣וּר (lā·ḡūr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1481: To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility

then Assyria
וְאַשּׁ֖וּר (wə·’aš·šūr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 804: Ashshur

oppressed them
עֲשָׁקֽוֹ׃ (‘ă·šā·qōw)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6231: To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

without cause.
בְּאֶ֥פֶס (bə·’e·p̄es)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 657: Cessation, an end, no further, the ankle, foot

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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