Isaiah 37:6

37:6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master this: ‘This is what the Lord says: “Don’t be afraid because of the things you have heard – these insults the king of Assyria’s servants have hurled against me. ¹ 

Isaiah 37:28

37:28 I know where you live

and everything you do

and how you rage against me. ² 

Psalms 44:16

44:16 before the vindictive enemy

who ridicules and insults me. ³ 

Psalms 74:10

74:10 How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults?

Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

Psalms 74:18

74:18 Remember how ⁴  the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, ⁵ 

and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

Psalms 74:22-23

74:22 Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! ⁶ 

Remember how fools insult you all day long! ⁷ 

74:23 Do not disregard ⁸  what your enemies say, ⁹ 

or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 20:9

20:9 I acted for the sake of my reputation, ¹¹  so that I would not be profaned before the nations among whom they lived, ¹²  before whom I revealed myself by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 20:14

20:14 I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 36:20-23

36:20 But when they arrived in the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name. It was said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, yet they have departed from his land.’ 36:21 I was concerned for my holy reputation ¹⁴  which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.

36:22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation ¹⁵  which you profaned among the nations where you went. 36:23 I will magnify ¹⁶  my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the sovereign Lord, when I magnify myself among you in their sight.

Romans 2:24

2:24 For just as it is written, “the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” ¹⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “by which the servants of the king of Assyria have insulted me.”

² tc Heb “your going out and your coming in and how you have raged against me.” Several scholars have suggested that this line is probably dittographic (note the beginning of the next line). However, most English translations include the statement in question at the end of v. 28 and the beginning of v. 29. Interestingly, the LXX does not have this clause at the end of v. 28 and the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a does not have it at the beginning of v. 29. In light of this ambiguous manuscript evidence, it appears best to retain the clause in both verses.

³ tn Heb “from the voice of one who ridicules and insults, from the face of an enemy and an avenger.” See Ps 8:2.

⁴ tn Heb “remember this.”

⁵ tn Or “[how] the enemy insults the Lord.”

⁵ tn Or “defend your cause.”

⁶ tn Heb “remember your reproach from a fool all the day.”

⁶ tn Or “forget.”

⁷ tn Heb “the voice of your enemies.”

⁸ tn Heb “the roar of those who rise up against you, which ascends continually.”

⁷ tn Heb “for the sake of my name.”

⁸ tn Heb “before the eyes of the nations in whose midst they were.”

⁹ tn Heb “to whom I made myself known before their eyes to bring them out from the land of Egypt.” The translation understands the infinitive construct (“to bring them out”) as indicating manner. God’s deliverance of his people from Egypt was an act of self-revelation in that it displayed his power and his commitment to his promises.

⁸ tn Heb “name.”

⁹ sn In Ezek 20:22 God refrained from punishment for the sake of his holy name. Here God’s reputation is the basis for Israel’s restoration.

¹⁰ tn Or “sanctify,” Heb “make holy.”

¹¹ sn A quotation from Isa 52:5.