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In Romans, Paul quotes the Greek Septuagint translation of Isaiah 52 to say that Israel’s behavior has caused the nations to dishonor God’s name, following the logic in Isaiah that dishonorable behavior can negatively affect God.
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LXX Isaiah 52:5
Septuagint
4 Thus says the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to stay there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians. 5 And now why are you here? Thus says the Lord, Because my people was taken for nothing, wonder and howl. Thus says the Lord, On account of you my name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles. 6 Therefore shall my people know my name in that day, for I am he that speaks: I am present,
Romans 2:24
New Testament
22 You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law! 24 For just as it is written, “the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” 25 For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
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“... Thus they dishonor God because of their hypocrisy. The whole purpose of the law was to help the Jewish people to honor God by keeping it. Thus they have brought him dishonor; the term also means to ‘disgrace’ or ‘insult’ someone. By their disobedience they have given the Gentiles a reason to heap scorn on God. Then Paul uses Isaiah 52:5 to anchor this charge. In Isaiah 40–66 the exile of Israel is seen as the result of national sin, which has caused the name of God to be mocked by the nations. So here too as a result of Israel’s disobedience, God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles. Those who believed they both glorified God and were completely superior to the Gentiles because they had the law were actually no better than the Gentiles. ...”
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