Yesaya 52:5

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.

Yesaya 64:2

64:2 (64:1) As when fire ignites dry wood,

or fire makes water boil,

let your adversaries know who you are, ⁴ 

and may the nations shake at your presence!

[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.

[64:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “to make known your name to your adversaries.” Perhaps the infinitive construct with preposition -לְ (lamed) should be construed with “come down” in v. 1a, or subordinated to the following line: “To make known your name to your adversaries, let the nations shake from before you.”