Isaiah 43:28

Verse

So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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

So I treated the priests of the sanctuary with contempt, and I handed Jacob over to be destroyed, and Israel to be scorned.”

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore I haue prophaned the rulers of the Sanctuarie, and haue made Iaakob a curse, and Israel a reproche.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob [Supplanter] a curse, and Israel [God prevails] an insult.”

Translation for Translators

That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”

Unlocked Literal Bible

Therefore I will defile the holy officials; I will hand Jacob over to complete destruction, and Israel to abusive humiliation.”

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Context

Israel’s Unfaithfulness

²⁷Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me. ²⁸So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”

Summary

In this verse, God declares that He will bring disgrace upon His chosen people, Israel, by profaning their leaders and delivering them to destruction. The leaders who were supposed to guide the people in righteousness have instead led them astray, resulting in God's judgment upon them. This serves as a warning against the consequences of spiritual unfaithfulness and the importance of leadership that upholds God's ways. Despite the impending judgment, there is also a message of hope and restoration throughout the book of Isaiah, showing God's faithfulness and mercy even in times of discipline.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Keil-Delitzsch
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary "Thy princes have profaned my sanctuary" - Instead of ואחלל שרי vaachallel sarey, read ויחללו שריך vayechalelu sareycha. So the Syriac and Septuagint, και εμιαναν οἱ αρχοντες τα ἁγια μου, "the rulers have defiled my holy things." קדשי kodshi, Houbigant. Οἱ αρχοντες σου, "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. And, alas! what a curse do they still bear, and what reproach do they still suffer! No national crimes have ever equalled those of the Jewish nation, for no nation ever had such privileges to neglect, despise, sin against. When shall this severity of God towards this people have an end? Answ. Whenever, with one heart, they turn to him, and receive the doctrine of the Lord Jesus; and not till then.

Isaiah 43:28

Israel’s Unfaithfulness

²⁷Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me. ²⁸So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

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

Free Bible Version

So I treated the priests of the sanctuary with contempt, and I handed Jacob over to be destroyed, and Israel to be scorned.”

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore I haue prophaned the rulers of the Sanctuarie, and haue made Iaakob a curse, and Israel a reproche.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob [Supplanter] a curse, and Israel [God prevails] an insult.”

Translation for Translators

That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”

Unlocked Literal Bible

Therefore I will defile the holy officials; I will hand Jacob over to complete destruction, and Israel to abusive humiliation.”

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Adam Clarke
Keil-Delitzsch
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Isaiah 43:28

Verse

Context

Israel’s Unfaithfulness

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

Isaiah 43:28

Israel’s Unfaithfulness

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary