Isaiah 52:5
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 all day long.
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what

Isaiah 22:16
What 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?

Judges 18:3
And 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?"

people

Isaiah 52:3
For this is what the LORD says: "You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.

Psalm 44:12
You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

make

Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even upon the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.

Isaiah 51:20, 23
Your 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. . . .

Exodus 1:13-16
They worked the Israelites ruthlessly . . .

Exodus 2:23, 24
After 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. . . .

Exodus 3:7
The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

Psalm 137:1, 2
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. . . .

Jeremiah 50:17
Israel 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."

Lamentations 1:21
People 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.

Lamentations 2:3
He has cut off every horn of Israel in His fierce anger and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes all around it.

Lamentations 5:13-15
Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood. . . .

Zephaniah 1:10
"On that day, " declares the LORD, "a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second Quarter, and a loud crashing from the hills.

my name

Isaiah 37:6, 28
who 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. . . .

Psalm 44:16
at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

Psalm 74:10, 18, 22, 23
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever? . . .

Ezekiel 20:9, 14
But 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 Egypt. . . .

Ezekiel 36:20-23
And 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.' . . .

Romans 2:24
As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Now therefore, what do I have here," declares the LORD, "seeing that My people have been taken away without cause?" Again the LORD declares, "Those who rule over them howl, and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So now what have I here"-- this is the LORD's declaration--" that My people are taken away for nothing? Its rulers wail"-- this is the LORD's declaration--" and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

International Standard Version
"Now therefore, what am I doing here," asks the LORD, "seeing that my people are taken away without cause? Those who rule over them are deluded," says the LORD, "and continuously, all the day long, my name is blasphemed.

NET Bible
And now, what do we have here?" says the LORD. "Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt," says the LORD, "and my name is constantly slandered all day long.
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