Isaiah 52:5

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Isaiah 52:5

So now what have I here”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“that My people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

Romans 2:24

For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.

Exodus 1:13-16

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

Exodus 2:23-24

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I know about their sufferings.

Judges 18:3

While they were near Micah’s home, they recognized the speech of the young Levite. So they went over to him and asked, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is keeping you here?”

Psalm 44:12

You sell Your people for nothing;
You make no profit from selling them.

Psalm 44:16

because of the voice of the scorner and reviler,
because of the enemy and avenger.

Psalm 74:10

God, how long will the enemy mock?
Will the foe insult Your name forever?

Psalm 74:18

Remember this: the enemy has mocked Yahweh,
and a foolish people has insulted Your name.

Psalm 74:22-23

Rise up, God, defend Your cause!
Remember the insults
that fools bring against You all day long.

Psalm 137:1-2

By the rivers of Babylon—
there we sat down and wept
when we remembered Zion.

Isaiah 22:16

What are you doing here? Who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here, carving your tomb on the height and cutting a crypt for yourself out of rock?

Isaiah 37:6

who said to them, “Tell your master this, ‘The Lord says: Don’t be afraid because of the words you have heard, which the king of Assyria’s attendants have blasphemed Me with.

Isaiah 37:28

But I know your sitting down,
your going out and your coming in,
and your raging against Me.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with My people;
I profaned My possession,
and I placed them under your control.
You showed them no mercy;
you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

Isaiah 51:20

Your children have fainted;
they lie at the head of every street
like an antelope in a net.
They are full of the Lord’s fury,
the rebuke of your God.

Isaiah 51:23

I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
who said to you:
Lie down, so we can walk over you.
You made your back like the ground,
and like a street for those who walk on it.

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Isaiah 52:3

For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”

Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions.
The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria;
the last one who crushed his bones
was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Lamentations 1:21

שׁ ShinPeople have heard me groaning,
but there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my misfortune;
they are glad that You have caused it.
Bring on the day You have announced,
so that they may become like me.

Lamentations 2:3

ג GimelHe has cut off every horn of Israel
in His burning anger
and withdrawn His right hand
in the presence of the enemy.
He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire
that consumes everything.

Lamentations 5:13-15

Young men labor at millstones;
boys stumble under loads of wood.

Ezekiel 20:9

But I acted because of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations they were living among, in whose sight I had made Myself known to Israel by bringing them out of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:14

But I acted because of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 36:20-23

When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said about them, ‘These are the people of Yahweh, yet they had to leave His land in exile.’

Zephaniah 1:10

On that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate,
a wailing from the Second District,
and a loud crashing from the hills.

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Summary

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.

What

Isaiah 22:16

Judges 18:3

People

Isaiah 52:3

Psalm 44:12

Make

My name

Bible References

What

What are you doing here? Who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here, carving your tomb on the height and cutting a crypt for yourself out of rock?

People

For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”

You sell Your people for nothing;
You make no profit from selling them.

Make

I was angry with My people;
I profaned My possession,
and I placed them under your control.
You showed them no mercy;
you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

Your children have fainted;
they lie at the head of every street
like an antelope in a net.
They are full of the Lord’s fury,
the rebuke of your God.

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.

Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I know about their sufferings.

By the rivers of Babylon—
there we sat down and wept
when we remembered Zion.

Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions.
The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria;
the last one who crushed his bones
was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

ג GimelHe has cut off every horn of Israel
in His burning anger
and withdrawn His right hand
in the presence of the enemy.
He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire
that consumes everything.

Young men labor at millstones;
boys stumble under loads of wood.

On that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate,
a wailing from the Second District,
and a loud crashing from the hills.

My name

who said to them, “Tell your master this, ‘The Lord says: Don’t be afraid because of the words you have heard, which the king of Assyria’s attendants have blasphemed Me with.

because of the voice of the scorner and reviler,
because of the enemy and avenger.

God, how long will the enemy mock?
Will the foe insult Your name forever?

But I acted because of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations they were living among, in whose sight I had made Myself known to Israel by bringing them out of Egypt.

When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said about them, ‘These are the people of Yahweh, yet they had to leave His land in exile.’

For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.