Isaías 52:3

3 Porque así dice el SEÑOR: De balde fuisteis vendidos; por tanto, sin dinero seréis redimidos

Isaías 52:3 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 52:3

For thus saith the Lord, ye have sold yourselves for nought,
&c.] As Ahab did to work wickedness; as men do freely, and get nothing by it; for there is nothing got in the service of sin, Satan, and antichrist, or by being slaves and vassals to them; not profit, but loss; not pleasure, but pain; not honour, but shame; not liberty, but bondage; not riches and wealth, but poverty and want, which Popery always brings into those countries and people where it obtains. And ye shall be redeemed without money;
in like manner as our spiritual and eternal redemption from sin, Satan, and the law, the world, death, and hell, is obtained; not without the price of the precious blood of the Lamb, but without such corruptible things as silver and gold, ( 1 Peter 1:18 1 Peter 1:19 ) and without any price paid to those by whom we are held captive, but to God, against whom we have sinned, whose law we have broken, and whose justice must be satisfied; and the blood of Christ is a sufficient price to answer all: hence redemption, though it cost Christ much, is entirely free to us; so will the redemption of the church, from the bondage and slavery of antichrist, be brought about by the power of God undeserved by them; not through their merits, and without any ransom price paid to those who held them captives.

Isaías 52:3 In-Context

1 Despiértate, despiértate, vístete tu fortaleza, oh Sion; vístete tus ropas de hermosura, oh Jerusalén, ciudad santa, porque nunca más acontecerá, que venga en ti incircunciso, ni inmundo

2 Sacúdete del polvo, levántate, siéntate, Jerusalén; suéltate las ataduras de tu cuello, cautiva hija de Sion

3 Porque así dice el SEÑOR: De balde fuisteis vendidos; por tanto, sin dinero seréis redimidos

4 Porque así dijo el Señor DIOS: Mi pueblo descendió a Egipto en tiempo pasado, para peregrinar allá; y el Assur lo cautivó sin razón

5 Y ahora ¿qué hago yo aquí? Dice el SEÑOR: que mi pueblo sea tomado sin por qué; y los que en él se enseñorean, lo hacen aullar, dice el SEÑOR, y continuamente mi nombre es blasfemado todo el día