Discovery BoxIsaiah 52:4-6
Context52:4 For this is what the sovereign Lord says:
“In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt;
Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.
52:5 And now, what do we have here?” 1 says the Lord.
“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing,
those who rule over them taunt,” 2 says the Lord,
“and my name is constantly slandered 3 all day long.
52:6 For this reason my people will know my name,
for this reason they will know 4 at that time 5 that I am the one who says,
‘Here I am.’”
[52:5] 1 tn Heb “and now what [following the marginal reading (Qere)] to me here?”
[52:5] 2 tn The verb appears to be a Hiphil form from the root יָלַל (yalal, “howl”), perhaps here in the sense of “mock.” Some emend the form to יְהוֹלָּלוֹ (yÿhollalo) and understand a Polel form of the root הָלַל meaning here “mock, taunt.”
[52:5] 3 tn The verb is apparently a Hitpolal form (with assimilated tav, ת) from the root נָאַץ (na’ats), but GKC 151-52 §55.b explains it as a mixed form, combining Pual and Hitpolel readings.
[52:6] 4 tn The verb is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
