For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
Ver. 3. For thus saith the Lord.] Thus he pleadeth the cause of his people. Isa 51:22
Ye have sold yourselves for nought.] Heb., Ye were sold for nought. I had not so much as thanks for you from the enemy; a no more hath he from the devil: and yet a letter was framed in Hildebrand's days as sent from the devil, wherein he kindly thanked the Popish clergy for the many souls they daily sent him to hell by their negligence and wickedness. b
And ye shall be redeemed without money.] Heb., Without silver. So were we. 1Pe 1:18
a Babylonii non egerunt mihi gratias. - Piscat.
b Mat. Paris. Hist., A.D. 1072.