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Isaiah 43:28

Isaiah 43:28
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Therefore I have profaned - The princes of the sanctuary, that is, the priests, were by their office regarded as sacred, or set apart to the service of God. To depose them from that office, to subject…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 43:22-28

This charge (and a high charge it is which is here exhibited against Jacob and Israel, God's professing people) comes in here, 1. To clear God's justice in bringing them into captivity, and to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Therefore I have profaned is better than R.V. "Therefore I will profane," although it requires the change of a vowel. The verb (like the one following) is pointed as a cohortative, and as this appears…