Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nothing? they that rule over them make them to wail, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day [is] blasphemed. (f) That is, by the wicked, who think that I have no power to deliver them.
what have I here--that is, what am I called on to do? The fact "that My people is taken away (into captivity; Isa 49:24-25) for naught" (by gratuitous oppression, Isa 52:4; also Isa 52:3, and see on Isa 52:3) demands My interposition. they that rule--or "tyrannize," namely, Babylon, literal and mystical. make . . . to howl--or, raise a cry of exultation over them [MAURER].
Isa 52:3-6 The reason for the address is now given in a well-sustained promise. “For thus saith Jehovah, Ye have been sold for nothing, and ye shall not be redeemed with silver. For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My people went down to Egypt in the beginning to dwell there as guests; and Asshur has oppressed it for nothing. And now, what have I to do here?
Commenting on Isaiah 52:3-6