King James Version

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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וַאֲחַלֵּ֖לvaachaleland beginחָלַלconjunction, verb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and begin”, an unfinished actionH2490properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute…שָׂ֣רֵיsarecaptainשַׂרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “captain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.קֹ֑דֶשׁqodeshconsecratedקֹדֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “consecrated”, the ordinary formH6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctityconsecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.וְאֶתְּנָ֤הveetnahand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “and give”, a determination or requestH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לַחֵ֨רֶם֙lacheremto netחֵרֶםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to net”, the ordinary formH2764physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination(ac-) curse(-d, -d thing), dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction, devoted (thing), net.יַעֲקֹ֔בyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לveyisraeland Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.לְגִדּוּפִֽיםlegidufimto reproachגִּדּוּףpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “to reproach”, the ordinary formH1421vilificationreproach, reviling.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and I have given Jacob to condemnation, and Israel to reviling.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I pollute princes of the sanctuary, And I give Jacob to destruction, and Israel to revilings!

World English Bible

Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel an insult.”

Darby Translation

And I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the ban, and Israel to reproaches.

Douay-Rheims

And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to reproach.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and I have given Jacob to condemnation, and Israel to reviling.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the princes have defiled my sanctuaries: so I gave Jacob to enemies to destroy, and Israel to reproach.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐμίαναν οἱ ἄρχοντες τὰ ἅγιά μου· καὶ ἔδωκα ἀπωλέσαι Ἰακὼβ, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς ὀνειδισμόν.