It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule(A) the living God,(B) and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard.(C) Therefore pray(D) for the remnant(E) that still survives.”

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It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

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It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to (A)reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

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30 “‘But anyone who sins defiantly,(A) whether native-born or foreigner,(B) blasphemes the Lord(C) and must be cut off from the people of Israel.(D)

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30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

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Law Concerning Presumptuous Sin

30 (A)‘But the person who does anything [a]presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one [b]brings reproach on the Lord, and he shall be [c]cut off from among his people.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:30 defiantly, lit. with a high hand
  2. Numbers 15:30 blasphemes
  3. Numbers 15:30 Put to death

“And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.

“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
    and those who rule them mock,[a]
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
    my name is constantly blasphemed.(A)

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  1. Isaiah 52:5 Dead Sea Scrolls and Vulgate; Masoretic Text wail

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.

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Now therefore, what have I here,” says the Lord,
“That My people are taken away for nothing?
Those who rule over them
[a]Make them wail,” says the Lord,
“And My name is (A)blasphemed continually every day.

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  1. Isaiah 52:5 DSS Mock; LXX Marvel and wail; Tg. Boast themselves; Vg. Treat them unjustly

20 And wherever they went among the nations they profaned(A) my holy name, for it was said of them, ‘These are the Lord’s people, and yet they had to leave his land.’(B)

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20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land.

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20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they (A)profaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.’

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23 I will show the holiness of my great name,(A) which has been profaned(B) among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,(C) declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy(D) through you before their eyes.(E)

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23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

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23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am (A)hallowed in you before their eyes.

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25 He will speak against the Most High(A) and oppress his holy people(B) and try to change the set times(C) and the laws. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time.[a](D)

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  1. Daniel 7:25 Or for a year, two years and half a year

25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

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25 (A)He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
Shall (B)persecute[a] the saints of the Most High,
And shall (C)intend to change times and law.
Then (D)the saints shall be given into his hand
(E)For a time and times and half a time.

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  1. Daniel 7:25 Lit. wear out