⁵ "And now what do I have here?" declares the Lord. "For my people have been taken away for nothing, and those who rule them mock,[1] " declares the Lord. "And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed.

⁵ And now, what—to Me here, An affirmation of Jehovah, That taken is My people for nought? Its rulers cause howling,—an affirmation of Jehovah, And continually all the day My name is despised.