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Isaiah 52:5

“And now, what do I have here, declares YHWH, since my people have been taken for nothing? Their rulers howl, declares YHWH, and continually, all the day, my name is despised.”

Isaiah 52:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · Romans 2:24

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Where the Hebrew says “continually, all the day, my name is despised,” Romans says “the name of God is blasphemed among the nations because of you.”

Formula: καθὼς γέγραπται “as it is written” (Romans 2:24)

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Greek of the New Testament: τὸ γὰρ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ δι’ ὑμᾶς βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν καθὼς γέγραπται

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְעַתָּה מַה לִּי פֹה נְאֻם יְהוָה כִּי לֻקַּח עַמִּי חִנָּם מֹשְׁלָיו יְהֵילִילוּ נְאֻם יְהוָה וְתָמִיד כָּל הַיּוֹם שְׁמִי מִנֹּאָץ

Septuagint (Isaiah 52:5 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ νῦν τί ὧδε ἔσται; τάδε λέγει Κύριος Ὅτι ἐλήμφθη ὃ λαός μου θαυμάζετε καὶ ὀλολύζετε. τάδε λέγει Κύριος Δι’ ὑμᾶς διὰ παντὸς τὸ ὄνομά μου βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 4 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Isaiah 52:5, word by word

declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

Where else “neum” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “ami” appears
have been takenלֻקַּחlukach

fetch

To take someone along, or go and fetch something.

Where else “lukach” appears
for nothingחִנָּםchinam

free

Free, at no cost.

Where else “chinam” appears
Their rulersמֹשְׁלָיmoshlay

ruler

A person with authority who commands a people, good or bad.

Where else “moshlay” appears
howlיְהֵילִילוּyehelilu

howl, wail

To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.

Where else “yehelilu” appears
and continuallyתָמִידtamid

continually

Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.

Where else “tamid” appears
the dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
my nameשְׁמִshemi

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

Where else “shemi” appears
is despisedמִנֹּאָץminoats

despise

To turn away with scorn, as from YHWH.

Where else “minoats” appears

Translation note

Paul quotes this verse in Romans 2:24 thus: “the name of God is blasphemed among the nations because of you.”

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Romans 2:24

Where the Hebrew says “continually, all the day, my name is despised,” Romans says “the name of God is blasphemed among the nations because of you.”

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Isaiah 52:5

5And now, what do I have here, declares YHWH, since my people have been taken for nothing? Their rulers howl, declares YHWH, and continually, all the day, my name is despised.

Romans 2:24

24For the name of God is blasphemed among the nations because of you, as it is written.

The context

4For thus says Adonai YHWH: “To Egypt my people went down at the first to reside as aliens there; and Assyria oppressed them without cause.

5 · This verse (above)

6Therefore my people will know my name; therefore, in that day, they will know that I am the same, the one who speaks: ‘Here I am.’”

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