Isaiah 52:5

Translations

Modern

And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.

Traditional

Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

Literal

And what is for Me here, a declaration of YHWH, that My people are taken away for nothing? Those ruling over him taunt, a declaration of YHWH, and continually and all the day My name is blasphemed.

Latin

Et nunc quid mihi est hic, dicit Dominus, quoniam ablatus est populus meus gratis? Dominatores ejus inique agunt, dicit Dominus, et jugiter tota die nomen meum blasphematur.

Original

Hebrew

English

And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.

Notes

Isaiah 52:5

The oppressors would shout with joy because they thought they had defeated both Israel and its God.
My name is blasphemed continually all day long: The state of God's people influences God's reputation in the eyes of the world (see Isaiah 37:6, 23; 48:11).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Making Sense of the Exile Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Romans 2:24
As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
Isaiah 52:3
For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
Lamentations 5:13–15
Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
Isaiah 37:6
…who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
Jeremiah 50:17
Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
Judges 18:3
And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
Exodus 3:7
The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
Ezekiel 36:20–23
And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’
Lamentations 2:3
In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
Isaiah 22:16
What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
Exodus 1:13–16
They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

Glossary

Blasphemy Church Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature New Jerusalem

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Design of Blasphemy: General Scriptures Concerning Blasphemy: The Wicked Addicted To Church: Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of God: Not to be Profaned Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Blessing and Restoration Rulers: Wicked

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