| 5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Isaiah 52:5:1 ⧉וְעַתָּ֤הveataand now Isaiah 52:5:2 ⧉מי־לי־מַה־לִּי־פֹה֙milimalifowho is to me, what is to me, here Isaiah 52:5:3 ⧉נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔הneumyahwehdeclaration of the LORD Isaiah 52:5:4 ⧉כִּֽי־לֻקַּ֥חkilukakhfor is taken Isaiah 52:5:5 ⧉עַמִּ֖יamimy people Isaiah 52:5:6 ⧉חִנָּ֑םkhinamfor nothing or without cause Isaiah 52:5:7 ⧉משלוmeshlohis ruler or its ruler Isaiah 52:5:8 ⧉מֹשְׁלָ֤יוmoshelavhis rulers Isaiah 52:5:9 ⧉יְהֵילִ֙ילוּ֙yeheililuthey wail or they howl Isaiah 52:5:10 ⧉נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔הneumyahwehdeclaration of the LORD Isaiah 52:5:11 ⧉וְתָמִ֥ידvetamidand continually Isaiah 52:5:12 ⧉כָּל־הַיּ֖וֹםkalhayomall the day Isaiah 52:5:13 ⧉שְׁמִ֥יshemimy name Isaiah 52:5:14 ⧉מִנֹּאָּֽץ׃minoatsis despised or is spurned |
| 5. Formal Translation And now, what have I here? declares the LORD {Yahweh, Compassionate Judge}. My people have been taken away for nothing; their rulers make them wail, declares the LORD. And continually, all day long, My name is blasphemed. |
| 5. Dynamic Translation So now, what do I have here? My people have been taken away for nothing, and their rulers make them wail, declares the LORD {Yahweh, Avenging Sovereign}. My name is insulted all day long. |