Isaiah 43:28

What does Isaiah 43:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 43:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Your chiefs have made my holy place unclean, so I have made Jacob a curse, and Israel a thing of shame.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I pollute princes of the sanctuary, And I give Jacob to destruction, and Israel to revilings!

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to reproach.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the ban, and Israel to reproaches.

Context

v.27Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

v.28This passage

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 65:15

    And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; and the Lord Jehovah will slay thee; and he will call his servants by another name:

  • Deuteronomy 29:21

    And Jehovah will set him apart unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.

  • Isaiah 47:6

    I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

  • Deuteronomy 28:15

    But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.

  • Psalms 82:6

    I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.

  • Jeremiah 24:9

    I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

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