⁴ For thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“My people went down to Egypt in the beginning, to dwell as aliens there, and Assyria oppressed him without cause.^{[a] 5} And now what do I have here?”declares^[b] Yahweh, “for my people is taken without cause. Its rulers howl,” declares^[c] Yahweh—“and my name is reviled continually, all day. ⁶ Therefore my people shall know my name, therefore in that day, that I am the one who speaks. Here am I.”^[d]