Isaiah 52:5

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“And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.”

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BSBPD

“And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And now, what--to Me here, An affirmation of Jehovah, That taken is My people for nought? Its rulers cause howling, --an affirmation of Jehovah, And continually all the day My name is despised.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 52:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 1:13They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
  2. Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
  3. Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
  4. Judges 18:3And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
  5. Psalms 44:12You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
  6. Psalms 44:16at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
  7. Psalms 74:10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
  8. Psalms 74:18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
  9. Psalms 74:22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
  10. Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
  11. Isaiah 22:16What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
  12. Isaiah 37:6who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
  13. Isaiah 37:28But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
  14. Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
  15. Isaiah 51:20Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
  16. Isaiah 51:23I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
  17. Isaiah 52:3For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
  18. Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
  19. Lamentations 1:21People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.
  20. Lamentations 2:3In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
  21. Lamentations 5:13Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
  22. Ezekiel 20:9But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
  23. Ezekiel 20:14But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
  24. Ezekiel 36:20And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’

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