SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:24
Porque el Nombre de Dios es blasfemado por medio de vosotros entre los gentiles, como est escrito.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Romans 2:24
Verse 24. For the name of God is blasphemed, &c.] In Debarim rabba, sect. 2, fol. 251, it is said:-"The rulers destroy the influence of their own words among the people; and this is done when a rabbin, sitting and teaching in the academy, says, Do not take usury, and himself takes it; do not commit rapine, and himself commits it; do not steal, and himself steals." That they were exceedingly lax in their morals, the following fact proves:- "Rabbi Ilai said, If a man see that his evil propensities are likely to prevail against him, let him go to some place where he is not known, and let him put on black clothes, and cover his head with a black veil; and then let him do whatsoever he pleases, lest the name of God should be publicly profaned." Moed katon, fol. 17. 1. In Sohar Levit. fol. 31, col. 122, it is said:-"On three accounts the Jews are obliged to remain in captivity-1. Because they openly reproach the Shechinah-2. Because they profane themselves before the Shechinah-3. Because they turn away their faces from the Shechinah." But it would be endless to collect from their history the proofs of the charges brought here against them by the apostle. See Whitby, Schoettgen, and others.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 24. For the name of God is blasphemed , etc..] The being and perfections of God, such as his holiness, omniscience, and omnipotence, are denied, or evil spoken of; and also the law of God, and the forms of worship instituted by him: among the Gentiles through you : through their iniquities, who when they observe them, conclude that the God of Israel is not omniscient, or he would know, and take notice of these things; and that he is not holy, or he could not bear them; nor omnipotent, or he would revenge them: as it is written ; the passage or passages referred to are not mentioned, but are perhaps ( Isaiah 52:5 Ezekiel 36:20,23). In the former of these texts the words are, they that rule over them make them to howl; saith the Lord, and my name continually every day is blasphemed; which are spoken of the rulers of the people, either of their ecclesiastical or political rulers, or both; and so Aben Ezra interprets them of lary ylwdg , the great men of Israel; and here by the apostle are applied to their doctors and wise men: and in the latter are these words, thus saith the Lord God, I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the Heathen; that is, by their unbecoming walk and conversation, and especially by the disagreeable conduct of their principal men: and the Jews own the same things, and complain of them in much the same language the apostle here does, saying, they disgrace the law before the people of the earth, (the common people, or else the Gentiles,) how? a wise man sits and expounds in the congregation, saying, thou shalt not lend upon usury, and he lends upon usury; he says, thou shalt not commit a robbery, and he commits a robbery; he says, bwngt al , thou shalt not steal, and he steals: says R. Berechiah, it happened to one man that his cloak was stolen from him, and he went before the judge about it, and he found it spread upon his bed or couch: and, says the same Rabbi, it happened to a certain man that his pot was stolen from him, and he went before the judge about it, and he found it upon his hearth: hence it is said, as they were increased they sinned against me, therefore will I change their glory into shame, ( Hosea 4:7) f27 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 17-24 - The apostle directs his discourse to the Jews, and shows of what sin they were guilty, notwithstanding their profession and vai pretensions. A believing, humble, thankful glorying in God, is the roo and sum of all religion. But proud, vain-glorious boasting in God, an in the outward profession of his name, is the root and sum of all hypocrisy. Spiritual pride is the most dangerous of all kinds of pride A great evil of the sins professors is, the dishonour done to God an religion, by their not living according to their profession. Man despise their more ignorant neighbours who rest in a dead form of godliness; yet themselves trust in a form of knowledge, equally void of life and power, while some glory in the gospel, whose unholy live dishonour God, and cause his name to be blasphemed.
Greek Textus Receptus
το 3588 T-NSN γαρ 1063 CONJ ονομα 3686 N-NSN του 3588 T-GSM θεου 2316 N-GSM δι 1223 PREP υμας 5209 P-2AP βλασφημειται 987 5743 V-PPI-3S εν 1722 PREP τοις 3588 T-DPN εθνεσιν 1484 N-DPN καθως 2531 ADV γεγραπται 1125 5769 V-RPI-3S
Robertson's NT Word Studies
2:24 {Because of you} (di' humas). Free quotation from the LXX of #Isa 52:5. The Jews were jealous for the Name of God and would not pronounce the Tetragrammaton and yet acted so that the Gentiles blasphemed that Name.
