“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
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“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
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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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Now therefore, what do I here, saith the LORD, seeing that My people is taken away for nought? They that rule over them do howl, saith the LORD, and My name continually all the day is blasphemed.
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- Romans 2:24 For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.
- Exodus 1:13-16 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve, and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve. The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah, and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
- Exodus 2:23-24 In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- Exodus 3:7 Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
- Judges 18:3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; so they went over there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What do you do in this place? What do you have here?”
- Psalms 44:12 You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
- Psalms 44:16 at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
- Psalms 74:10 How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
- Psalms 74:18 Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
- Psalms 74:22-23 Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day. Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
- Psalms 137:1-2 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.
- Isaiah 22:16 ‘What are you doing here? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?’ Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!”
- Isaiah 37:6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘Yahweh says, “Don’t be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
- Isaiah 37:28 But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
- Isaiah 47:6 I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.
- Isaiah 51:20 Your sons have fainted. They lie at the head of all the streets, like an antelope in a net. They are full of Yahweh’s wrath, the rebuke of your God.
- Isaiah 51:23 I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, like a street to those who walk over.”
- Isaiah 52:3 For Yahweh says, “You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money.”
- Jeremiah 50:17 “Israel is a hunted sheep. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
- Lamentations 1:21 “They have heard that I sigh. There is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble. They are glad that you have done it. You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they will be like me.
- Lamentations 2:3 He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.
- Lamentations 5:13-15 The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood. The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music. The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.
- Ezekiel 20:9 But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 20:14 But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
- Ezekiel 36:20-23 When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, ‘These are Yahweh’s people, and have left his land.’ But I had respect for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went. “Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “I don’t do this for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh,” says the Lord Yahweh, “when I am proven holy in you before their eyes.
- Zephaniah 1:10 In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain To wit, by the wicked, which think that I…
To wit, by the wicked, which think that I have no power to deliver them.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 52:5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith…
Isa 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.
Ver. 5. Now, therefore, what have I here?] Cui bono? To what purpose or profit? For what wealth or worth suffer I my poor people to lie captives here at Babylon? Or, as others {a} sense it, what make I here any longer at Jerusalem when my poor people are in durance at Babylon? Why hasten I not to help them out?
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They that rule over them, make them to howl,] i.e., The Chaldeans, and after them the Romans, and then the scribes and Pharisees, by "binding heavy burdens grievous to be borne, and laying them on men’s consciences." {Mat 23:4}
And my name continually every day (or, all the day long) is blasphemed.] That is all I get by the bargain.
{a} Piscator.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain What have I here? Heb. What to me here?…
What have I here? Heb. What to me here? the sense is either,
1. What do I here? Why do I sit still here, and not go to Babylon to punish the Babylonians, and to deliver my people? Or,
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2. What honour have I by suffering this injury to be done to my people?
Is taken away, were carried away captive by the Babylonians,
for nought; without any provocation or pretence of right. See before on Isa 52:3. They that rule over then, who by their office are obliged to deal justly and tenderly with their subjects,
make them to howl, by their tyrannical and unmerciful usage of them.
My name continually every day is blasphemed; instead of that praise and service which the Babylonians owe me for all their successes and conquests, they blaspheme me, as if I wanted either power or good-will to save my people out of their hands.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now therefore what have I here, saith the Lord,…
Now therefore what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought?.... Or what do I get by it, that my people should be taken and held in captivity without cause? I am no gainer, but a loser by it, as it afterwards appears; and therefore why should I sit still, and delay the deliverance of my people any longer? but as I have delivered Israel out of Egypt, and the Jews from Babylon, so will I deliver my people out of mystical Babylon, spiritually called Sodom and Egypt.
They that rule over them cause them to howl, saith the Lord; they that hath carried them captive, and exercised a tyrannical power over them, cause them to howl under their bondage and slavery, as the Israelites formerly in Egypt; wherefore the Lord is moved with compassion to them, and since neither he nor they were gainers, but losers by their captivity, he determines to deliver them: or it may be rendered, "they cause its rulers to howl" (i), or his rulers howl; not the common people only, but their governors, civil and ecclesiastical; so Aben Ezra interprets it not of Heathen rulers, but of the great men of Israel:
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and my name continually every day is blasphemed; by ascribing their extent of power and authority, their dominions and conquests, not to the Lord, but to their idols, whom they worship, to such or such a saint; opening their mouths in blasphemy against God, his name and tabernacle, and his people, Rev 13:5. The Targum is,
"and always, all the day, because of the worship of my name, they provoke.''
The Septuagint is, "for you always my name is blasphemed among the Gentiles"; see Rom 2:24.
(i) "dominatores ejus ululare facient", Montanus; "dominus ipsius ejulant", Junius & Tremellius, Vitringa; "ululant", Piscator; "qui habent potestatem in eum ejulant", Cocceius.
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What have I - Why do I sit still here, and not go to Babylon to punish the Babylonians, and to deliver my people? For nought - Without any provocation, or pretense of right. Howl - By their unmerciful usage. Blasphemed - The Babylonians blasphemed me as if I wanted either power or good will to save my people out of their hands.
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Verse 5. They that rule over them - "They that are lords over them"] For משלו moshelo, singular, in the text, more than a hundred and twenty MSS. (De Rossi says, codices innumeri, "numberless copies") have משליו moshelaiv, plural, according to the Masoretical correction in the margin; which shows that the Masoretes often superstitiously retained apparent mistakes in the text, even when they had sufficient evidence to authorize the introduction of the true reading.
Make them to howl - "Make their boast of it"] For יהילילו yeheililu, "make them to howl," five MSS., (two ancient,) have יהללו yehalelu, "make their boast;" which is confirmed by the Chaldee paraphrast, who renders it משתבחין mishtabbechin. Ulaloo is not only the cry itself, but also the name of the funeral song of the Irish. The Arabs have a cry very much resembling this.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Now, therefore, what have I here? - In Babylon,…
Now, therefore, what have I here? - In Babylon, referring to the captivity of the Jews there. The idea is, that a state of things existed there which demanded his interposition as really as it did when his people had been oppressed by the Egyptians, or by the Assyrian. His people had been taken away for nought; they were subject to cruel oppressions; and his own name was continually blasphemed. In this state of things, it is inferred, that he would certainly come to their rescue, and that his own perfections as well as their welfare demanded that he should interpose to redeem them. The phrase, ‘what have I here?’ is equivalent to saying, what shall I do? what am I properly called on to do? or what reason is there now in Babylon for my interposition to rescue my people? It is implied, that such was the state of things, that God felt that there was something that demanded his interposition.
That my people is taken away for nought - This was one thing existing in Babylon that demanded his interposition. His people had been made captive by the Chaldeans, and were now suffering under their oppressions. This had been done ‘for nought;’ that is, it had been done without any just claim. It was on their part a mere act of gross and severe oppression, and this demanded the interposition of a righteous God.
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They that rule over them make them to howl - Lowth renders this, ‘They that are lords over them make their boast of it.’ Noyes renders it, ‘And their tyrants exult.’ The Septuagint renders it, ‘My people are taken away for nought: wonder ye, and raise a mournful cry’ (ὀλολύζετε ololuzete). Jerome renders it, ‘Their lords act unjustly, and they therefore howl when they are delivered to torments.’ Aben Ezra supposes that by ‘their lords’ here, or those who rule over them, are meant the rulers of the Jewish people, and that the idea is, that they lament and howl over the calamities and oppressions of the people. But it is probable, after all, that our translators have given the true sense of the text, and that the idea is, that they were suffering such grievous oppressions in Babylon as to make them lift up the cry of lamentation and of grief. This was a reason why God should interpose as he had done in former times, and bring deliverance.
And my name continually every day is blasphemed - That is, in Babylon. The proud and oppressive Babylonians delight to add to the sorrows of the exiles by reproaching the name of their God, and by saying that he was unable to defend them and their city from ruin. This is the third reason why God would interpose to rescue them. The three reasons in this verse are, that they had been taken away for nought; that they were suffering grievous and painful oppression; and that the name of God was reproached. On all these accounts he felt that he had something to do in Babylon, and that his interposition was demanded.
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Long, by the Chaldeans, weak Jews, and strangers, who misconstrue my conduct towards my people, and represent it as the effect of injustice, or of weakness.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain what have I here--that is, what am I called…
what have I here--that is, what am I called on to do? The fact "that My people is taken away (into captivity; Isa 49:24-25) for naught" (by gratuitous oppression, Isa 52:4; also Isa 52:3, and see on Isa 52:3) demands My interposition.
they that rule--or "tyrannize," namely, Babylon, literal and mystical.
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make . . . to howl--or, raise a cry of exultation over them [MAURER].
blasphemed--namely, in Babylon: God's reason for delivering His people, not their goodness, but for the sake of His holy name (Eze 20:9, Eze 20:14).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. Now therefore] Rather, But now, accentuating the gravity…
5. Now therefore] Rather, But now, accentuating the gravity of the present situation. Exile and oppression were indeed no new experiences for Israel (Isa_52:4), but no such overwhelming disaster as this had ever befallen it hitherto.
what have I here &c.] The sentence may be variously understood. The main idea obviously is that the state of things described in what follows is not to be endured, being inconsistent with the honour of Jehovah. The formula “What is there to me?” expresses a strong sense of incongruity between what is and what ought to be (see Isa_3:15, Isa_22:1; Isa_22:16), and we may render either, “What am I about (Isa_22:1) here (in Babylonia)?” or, more generally, “What do I find here?” i.e. in the existing position of affairs, as contrasted with the historic parallels in Isa_52:4. The last is perhaps to be preferred. The meaning can hardly be, “What have I to do here (ch. Isa_22:16) now that my people is taken away?”
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that (better for) my people is taken away] destroyed outright (ch. Isa_53:8).
they that rule over them (the Chaldæans) make them to howl (R.V. do howl)] The R.V. rightly avoids the causative sense of the verb, which has no support in usage. On the other hand, it is nowhere else used of a shout of exultation, as it must be here; comp. with Gesenius and others, “laetis ululare triumphis” (Lucan, 6, 261). In Syriac also the word appears occasionally to undergo a similar modification.
my name … is blasphemed] lit. despised. (The form should probably be pointed as part. Pual.) The meaning is that the calamities of Israel were attributed by the heathen to the impotence of their God, and thus the majesty of Jehovah was impaired,—a thought frequently expressed by Ezekiel (see Eze_36:20 &c.). The words are cited in Rom_2:24.
continually all the day] (R.V.), as ch. Isa_51:13.
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(5) What have I here . . .?—i.e., What have I to do? As in Gen_11:4, Jehovah is represented as deliberating after the manner of men. Again the people have been gratuitously, wantonly attacked; and their groans mingle with the taunting blasphemies of their conquerors. Has not the time come for Him to vindicate His outraged Majesty?
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What have I here? rather, what have r to do here? i.e. what is the task before me the work that I have to perform? There are three principal considerations by which the answer to this question has to be determined.
(1) The Babylonians have obtained possession of the Israelites without purchase for nought;
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(2) they use their authority harshly and brutally; and
(3) they continually blaspheme the Name of Jehovah. All three are grounds for bringing the captivity to an end, and coming forward with the cry of a deliverer, "Here I am." Make them to howl; rather, howl; i.e. insult over the captives with shouts and yells of triumph. The prophet is speaking of the Babylonian oppressors, not of the native "rulers," who exercised a certain amount of authority over the captives (see Delitzsch and Cheyne). My Name... is blasphemed. Cruel taskmasters vexed the captives by insulting their God.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain My name continually every day is blasphemed.
Isa_52:5
My name continually every day is blasphemed.
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God pitiful, yet indignant
1. The captives are so dispirited that they cannot praise Him; but, instead of that, they are continually howling, which grieves Him, and moves His pity.
2. The natives are so insolent that they will not praise Him; but, instead of that, they are continually blaspheming, which affronts Him and moves His anger. (M. Henry.)
Blasphemy
I. ITS NATURE.
II. ITS GUILT.
III. ITS AWFUL PREVALENCE.
IV. ITS CERTAIN PUNISHMENT. (J. Lyre, D. D.)
Blaspheming Gods name
I. WHAT IS MEANT BY THE NAME OF THE LORD? His perfections, titles, etc.
II. THE VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH IT IS BLASPHEMED.
1. By denying His existence (Psa_10:4; Psa_14:1; Psa_53:1).
2. By denying His sovereignty (Job_21:14-15; Exo_5:2).
3. By denying His truth (Gen_3:4; Isa_36:15; 2Pe_3:3-4).
4. By denying His power (2Ki_7:2; 2Ki_18:30; 2Ki_18:32-35; Psa_78:19-20).
5. By denying His omnipotence and omniscience (Job_22:13-14; Psa_10:11; Psa_73:11; Psa_94:7; Isa_29:15; Eze_8:12).
6. By accusing Him of injustice (Jer_12:1; Eze_18:25; Mal_2:17; Mal_3:15).
7. By murmuring against His dispensations (Isa_45:9; Exo_14:11-12).
8. By false swearing, oaths and curses, etc.
III. THE EXCUSES USUALLY MADE FOR IT. Ignorance, custom, example, surprise, passion, confirmation of what is said, meaning no harm, inconsistencies of professors, etc. (2Sa_12:14; Eze_36:20; Rom_2:24; 2Pe_2:2).
IV. THE EVIL CONSEQUENCES OF IT. Destroys the little remains of the fear of God. Leads to the disobedience of all His commands. Sets a horrid example to others, especially to the young.
V. THE POWERFUL ARGUMENTS AGAINST IT. The Lord is our glorious and lawful Sovereign, who sees and hears all things. He is a holy and jealous God, before whose bar we must appear, He is fully able to punish, and has assured us that He will (2Ki_19:22; 2Ki_19:28, Isa_37:23; Isa_37:36-38;Eze_20:27; Eze_20:33; Eze_35:12-14). (A. Tucker.)
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BLASPHEMY
Isa_52:5. My name continually every day is blasphemed.
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The proud and oppressive Babylonians delighted to add to the sorrows of the exiled Jews, by reproaching the name of their God, and by saying that He was unable to defend them and their city from ruin. This sin is awfully prevalent.
I. What is meant by the “name” of the Lord? His perfections, titles, word, &c.
II. The various ways in which it is blasphemed.
1. By denying His existence (Psa_10:4; Psa_14:1; Psa_53:1).
2. By denying His sovereignty (Job_21:14-15; Exo_5:2).
3. By denying His truth (Gen_3:4; Isa_36:15; 2Pe_3:3-4).
4. By denying His power (2Ki_7:2; Psa_78:19-20; Isa_36:15; Isa_36:18-20, and 2Ki_18:30; 2Ki_18:32-35).
5. By denying His omnipresence and omniscience (Job_22:13-14; Psa_10:11; Psa_73:11; Psa_94:7; Isa_29:15; Eze_8:12).
6. By accusing Him of injustice (Jer_12:1; Eze_18:25; Eze_33:17; Mal_2:17; Mal_3:15).
7. By murmuring against His dispensations (Isa_45:9; Exo_14:11-12).
8. By false swearing, oaths, and curses, &c.
III. The excuses usually made for it. Ignorance, custom, example, surprise, passion, confirmation of what is said, meaning no harm, inconsistencies of professors, &c. (2 Samuel 12, 14; Eze_36:20; Rom_2:24; 2Pe_2:2).
IV. The evil consequences of it. Destroys the little remains of the fear of God. Leads to the disobedience of all His commands. Sets a horrid example to others, especially to the young, &c.
V. The powerful arguments against it. “The Lord” is our glorious and lawful Sovereign, who sees and hears all things. He is a holy and jealous God, before whose bar we must appear. He is fully able to punish, and has assured us that He will (2Ki_19:22; 2Ki_19:28; Isa_37:23; Isa_37:36-38; Eze_20:27; Eze_20:33; Eze_35:12-14).—Alfred Tucker.
Blasphemy. I. Its nature. II. Its guilt. III. Its awful prevalence. IV. Its certain punishment.—J. Lyth, D.D.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Now what do I have here ... seeing that…
Now what do I have here ... seeing that my people are taken away for nothing?
Yahweh uses a question to make the people pay attention to what he is about to say. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "Now look at what is happening ... my people are again taken away for nothing." (See: Rhetorical Question)
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this is Yahweh's declaration
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. Translate as in Isaiah 30:1. AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: First, Second, or Third Person)
seeing that my people are taken away for nothing
This can be stated in active form. AT: "I see the enemy taking my people away for nothing" (See: Active or Passive)
for nothing
Possible meanings are 1) "for nothing" means the Babylonians took the people unjustly and without cause or 2) this continues the metaphor from Isaiah 52:3 where Yahweh is spoken of as if he owned the people of Israel and could give them away for nothing. (See: Metaphor)
Those who rule over them mock
This refers to the Babylonians who have conquered the people. However, some versions have, "Those who rule over them wail." For these versions, this passage refers to the leaders of the Israelites in captivity.
my name is blasphemed continually all day long
Here "name" represents Yahweh's reputation. This can be stated in active form. AT: "those who watch the enemy take away my people are continually saying evil things about me" (See: Metonymy and Active or Passive)
Therefore my people will know my name
Here "name" represents Yahweh's reputation. AT: "Therefore my people will truly know who I am" (See: Metonymy)
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Yahweh
declare
people of God
name
slander
know
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 52:5 The oppressors would shout in exultation because they…
52:5 The oppressors would shout in exultation because they believed they had conquered not only Israel but also its God. • My name is blasphemed all day long: The condition of God’s people affects God’s reputation in the eyes of the watching world (see 37:6, 23; 48:11).
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