BSB
For this is what the Lord GOD says: "At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
AKJV
For thus said the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
CPDV
For thus says the Lord God: My people descended into Egypt, in the beginning, in order to sojourn there. But the Assyrian oppressed them, without any cause at all.
ERV
For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
NHEB
For thus says the LORD, "My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there, and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
SMT
Thus said the Lord Jehovah, My people at first went down to Egypt to sojourn there, and Assur oppressed them for nothing.