⁴ For thus says the Lord God: "My people went down at first Into Egypt to dwell there; Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

⁴ For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.

⁴ For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: "At first my people went down to Egypt to live; lately, Assyria has oppressed them.