Isaiah 52:5

and now, what have I here, saith Jehovah, that my people hath been taken away for nought? They that rule over them make them to howl, saith Jehovah; and continually all the day is my name scorned.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and Assyria oppressed them without cause;

6Therefore my people shall know my name; therefore [they shall know] in that day that I [am] HE, that saith, Here am I.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

Exodus 3:7And Jehovah said, I have seen assuredly the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and their cry have I heard on account of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows.

Psalms 44:12Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;

Psalms 74:10How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?

Psalms 74:22Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day;

Isaiah 22:16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewn thee out a sepulchre here, [as] he that heweth out his sepulchre on high, cutting out in the rock a habitation for himself?

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 52:2-7

Encouragement to Jerusalem. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. 2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. 3 For thus saith the Lord , Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. 4 For thus saith the Lord God , My people went… Read the whole commentary →

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