Isaiah 52:5

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.

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In Context

4For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

6Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

Exodus 3:7And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

Psalms 44:12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

Psalms 74:10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Psalms 74:22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

Isaiah 22:16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?

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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