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

26Remind me of what happened! Let’s debate! You, prove to me that you are right! 27The father of your nation sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me. So I defiled your holy princes, and handed Jacob over to destruction, and subjected Israel to humiliating abuse.”

Isaiah 43:28 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore I have profanedחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• the princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• of the sanctuaryקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• and have givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• to the curseחֵ֫רֶםchêrem cherem · devoted thingH2764
• and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• to reproachesגִּדּוּפִיםgiddûph giddûph giddûphâh giddûphâh · revilingH1421

Cross-references for Isaiah 43:28

• Isaiah 47:6I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.
• 2 Samuel 1:21O mountains of Gilboa, may there be no dew or rain on you, nor fields of grain offerings! For it was there that the shield of warriors was defiled; the shield of Saul lies neglected without oil.
• Psalms 89:39You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.
• Lamentations 2:2The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob’s descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers. ג (Gimel)
• Lamentations 4:20Our very life breath – the Lord’s anointed king – was caught in their traps, of whom we thought, “Under his protection we will survive among the nations.” ש (Sin/Shin)
• Psalms 82:6I thought, ‘You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.’
• Isaiah 42:24Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the Lord, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.
• Isaiah 65:15Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. The sovereign Lord will kill you, but he will give his servants another name.
• Deuteronomy 28:15“But if you ignore the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:
• Deuteronomy 29:21The Lord will single him out for judgment from all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant written in this scroll of the law.
• Psalms 79:4We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.
• Jeremiah 24:9I will bring such disaster on them that all the kingdoms of the earth will be horrified. I will make them an object of reproach, a proverbial example of disaster. I will make them an object of ridicule, an example to be used in curses. That is how they will be remembered wherever I banish them.
• Daniel 9:14The lord was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the lord our God is just in all he has done, and we have not obeyed him.
• Zechariah 8:13And it will come about that just as you (both Judah and Israel) were a curse to the nations, so I will save you and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid! Instead, be strong!’
• Luke 21:21Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it,
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.

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