Isaiah · יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

Isaiah 52:5

וְעַתָּ֤ה מי־לי־מַה־לִּי־פֹה֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־לֻקַּ֥ח עַמִּ֖י חִנָּ֑ם משלו מֹשְׁלָ֤יו יְהֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְתָמִ֥יד כָּל־הַיּ֖וֹם שְׁמִ֥י מִנֹּאָֽץ׃
vʿatah my-ly-mah-liy-poh nʾum-yhvah kiy-luqaḥ ʿamiy ḥinam mshlv moshlayv yheyliylv nʾum-yhvah vtamiyd kal-hayvom shmiy minoʾaṣ
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.

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