Isaiah 43:28

Isaiah 43:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
• New International Version (NIV)So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple; I consigned Jacob to destruction and Israel to scorn.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary, and deliver Jacob to utter destruction and Israel to reviling.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; I will give Jacob to the curse, And Israel to reproaches.

Context of Isaiah 43:28

26Meet Me in court, let’s argue our case together; State your cause, so that you may be proved right. 27Your first forefather sinned, And your spokesmen have rebelled against Me. So I will profane the officials of the sanctuary, And I will turn Jacob over to destruction and Israel to abuse.

Isaiah 43:28 word by word

וַאֲחַלֵּ֖ל שָׂ֣רֵי קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְאֶתְּנָ֤ה לַחֵ֙רֶם֙ יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְגִדּוּפִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear

• So I will profaneחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• officialsשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• of the sanctuaryקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• And I will turnנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• destructionחֵ֫רֶםchêrem cherem · devoted thingH2764
• and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• abuseגִּדּוּפִיםgiddûph giddûph giddûphâh giddûphâh · revilingH1421

Cross-references for Isaiah 43:28

• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage And handed them over to you. You did not show mercy to them, On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.
• 2 Samuel 1:21Mountains of Gilboa, May there be no dew nor rain on you, or fields of offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
• Psalms 89:39You have repudiated the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown in the dust.
• Lamentations 2:2The Lord has destroyed; He has not spared All the settlements of Jacob. In His wrath He has overthrown The strongholds of the daughter of Judah, He has hurled them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its leaders.
• Lamentations 4:20The breath of our nostrils, the Lord’s anointed, Was captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, “In his shadow We shall live among the nations.”
• Psalms 82:6I said, “You are gods, And all of you are sons of the Most High.
• Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob up for spoils, and Israel to plunderers? Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned, And in whose ways they were not willing to walk, And whose Law they did not obey?
• Isaiah 65:15You will leave your name as a curse to My chosen ones, And the Lord God will put you to death. But My servants will be called by another name.
• Deuteronomy 28:15“But it shall come about, if you do not obey the Lord your God, to be careful to follow all His commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
• Deuteronomy 29:21Then the Lord will single him out for disaster from all the tribes of Israel, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant which is written in this Book of the Law.
• Psalms 79:4We have become a disgrace before our neighbors, An object of derision and ridicule to those around us.
• Jeremiah 24:9I will make them an object of terror and an evil for all the kingdoms of the earth, as a disgrace and a proverb, a taunt and a curse in all the places where I will scatter them.
• Daniel 9:14So the Lord has kept the disaster in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.
• Zechariah 8:13And it will come about that just as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a blessing. Do not fear; let your hands be strong.’
• Luke 21:21Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are inside the city must leave, and those who are in the country must not enter the city;
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always reach the limit of their sins. But wrath has come upon them fully.

Commentaries on Isaiah 43:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary "Thy princes have profaned my sanctuary" - Instead of שרי ואחלל vaachallel sarey, read שריך ויחללו vayechalelu sareycha . So the Syriac and Septuagint, ̔ ̔ , "the rulers have defiled my holy things." קדשי kodshi, Houbigant. ̔ , "thy rulers, "MSS. Pachom. and 1. D. 2 and Marchal. To reproaches "To reproach" - לגדופה ligeduphah, in the singular number; so an ancient MS. and the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28Therefore I have profaned - The princes of the sanctuary, that is, the priests, were by their office regarded as sacred, or set apart to the service of God. To depose them from that office, to subject them to punishment, and to send them into captivity, was, therefore, regarded as profaning them. They were stripped of their office, and robes, and honors, and reduced to the same condition, and compelled to meet with the same treatment, as the common…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-28Verses 22-28 Those who neglect to call upon God, are weary of him. The Master tired not the servants with his commands, but they tired him with disobedience. What were the riches of God's mercy toward them? I, even I, am he who yet blotteth out thy transgressions. This encourages us to repent, because there is forgiveness with God, and shows the freeness of Divine mercy. When God forgives, he forgets. It is not for any thing in us, but for his mercies'…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. profaned the princes--(Psa 89:39; La 2:2, 6, 7). I have esteemed, or treated, them as persons not sacred. I have left them to suffer the same treatment as the common people, stripped of their holy office and in captivity. princes of the sanctuary--"governors of" it (1Ch 24:5); directing its holy services; priests. curse--Hebrew, cherim, a "solemn anathema," or "excommunication." reproaches--(Psa 123:3, 4).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 43

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings