Isaiah 52:5
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.
Note DSS and Vulgate; MT wail
Note LXX—on account of you My name is blasphemed continually among the Gentiles; cited in Romans 2:24
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.
“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says the Lord, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says the Lord, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- what
- Isaiah 22:16; Judges 18:3
- people
- Isaiah 52:3; Psalm 44:12
- make
- Isaiah 47:6; Isaiah 51:20, 23; Exodus 1:13–16; Exodus 2:23, 24; Exodus 3:7; Psalm 137:1, 2; Jeremiah 50:17; Lamentations 1:21; Lamentations 2:3; Lamentations 5:13–15; Zephaniah 1:10
- my name
- Isaiah 37:6, 28; Psalm 44:16; Psalm 74:10, 18, 22, 23; Ezekiel 20:9, 14; Ezekiel 36:20–23; Romans 2:24