Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 52:5

"Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed." — Isaiah 52:5 (ASV)

What have I here ... ?— that is, What have I to do? As in Genesis 11:4, Jehovah is represented as deliberating in the manner of men. Again the people have been gratuitously, wantonly attacked; and their groans mingle with the taunting blasphemies of their conquerors. Has the time not come for Him to vindicate His outraged Majesty?