Isaiah 52:5
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וְעַתָּהve'atahand thereforeH6258מַה־mi-what?H4100לִּיli-[belongs] to meפֹהfohhereH6311נְאֻם־ne'um-[the] utterance ofH5002יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068כִּי־ki-thatH3588לֻקַּחlukachit was takenH3947עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971חִנָּםchinamfor nothingH2600מֹשְׁלָיוmoshelovrulers itsH4910יְהֵילִילוּyeheililuthey wailH3213נְאֻם־ne'um-[the] utterance ofH5002יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וְתָמִידvetamidand continuallyH8548כָּל־kol-allH3605הַיּוֹםhaiyomthe dayH3117שְׁמִיsheminame myH8034מִנֹּאָץ׃mino'atz[is] reviledH5006
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