Isaiah 43:28

“So I profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and I gave Jacob to devotion to destruction, and Israel to revilings.””

Isaiah 43:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 43:28, word by word

So I profanedאֲחַלֵּלachalel

profane

To treat what is holy as common.

Where else “achalel” appears
the princesשָׂרֵיsare

chief

Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.

Where else “sare” appears
of the sanctuaryקֹדֶשׁkodesh

sanctuary

The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.

Where else “kodesh” appears
and I gaveאֶתְּנָהetna

hand over

To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.

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Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

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to devotion to destructionחֵרֶםcherem

devoted thing

What was given wholly to God and no one could keep for himself.

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and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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to revilingsגִדּוּפִיםgidufim

reviling, taunt

Reviling, a taunt: words that insult and dishonor.

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The context

27Your first father sinned, and your interpreters transgressed against me.

28 · This verse (above)

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