{"id":54942,"date":"2024-04-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/?p=54942"},"modified":"2024-04-19T13:51:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T20:51:16","slug":"taking-the-name-in-vain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/taking-the-name-in-vain\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the Name in Vain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>God commanded his people not to take his name in vain. But what does that actually mean? It\u2019s rightly believed that this prohibits speech that defames God\u2019s name, but is that all there is to it? In his commentary on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/store\/product.php?product_id=65486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exodus<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/store\/product.php?product_id=77412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Story of God Bible Commentary<\/a>, Christopher Wright shows how an Israelite would have understood the third commandment. Let\u2019s see what he has to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#dadada\"><em>Have you considered the benefits of building your library with Olive Tree?<\/em> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible-study-apps\/?source=topnav\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Olive Tree app<\/a> is far more than a Bible or ebook reader. Commentaries, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/store\/product.php?product_id=77412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Story of God Bible Commentary<\/a>, work in tandem with the Bible passage opened in the main window. This allows you to read the Bible and your commentaries side-by-side on larger devices or below the main window on smaller devices. Also, all the cross-references in the commentaries are hyper-linked. So, you can read the Bible, commentaries, and cross-references without flipping any pages!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-third-commandment\"><strong>The Third Commandment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.&#8221; (NIV) <\/p><p>You shall not lift up the name of Yahweh your God to worthlessness.&#8221; (Heb)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Knowing God\u2019s personal name, Yahweh, was one of the greatest gifts that God entrusted to Israel. This commandment protects Yahweh from being used \u201cin vain\u201d. The Hebrew <em>shaw\u2019<\/em> signifies something empty or worthless and is often used in association with evil or trouble-making intentions (cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Ps+12%3A2&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ps 12:2<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Prov+30%3A8&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prov 30:8<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Isa+59%3A4&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isa 59:4<\/a>). The commandment, therefore, is about much more than bad language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lifting Up the Name<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLifting up\u201d Yahweh\u2019s name could apply to a variety of actions, which gives an equally wide variety to what it might mean to \u201clift up Yahweh\u2019s name to worthlessness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Worship could be described as \u201ccalling on the name of Yahweh\u201d (e.g., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Gen+4%3A26&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gen 4:26<\/a>). But worship could become corrupt, empty, or abominable when it took place in the midst of personal or public wickedness. Yahweh would thus be lifted up in vain (e.g., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Isa+1%3A10-17&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isa 1:10-17<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Isa+29%3A13&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">29:13<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Jer+7%3A1-14&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jer 7:1-14<\/a>).<\/li><li>Judicial proceedings included swearing in the name of Yahweh to tell the truth (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Deut+6%3A13&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deut 6:13<\/a>). To take Yahweh\u2019s name in oath and then tell lies in court was also to \u201clift up the name to vanity,\u201d for perverse ends.<\/li><li>Vows and promises were also made in God\u2019s name (e.g., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Gen+28%3A20-22&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gen 28:20-22<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Judg+11%3A30-31&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Judg 11:30-31<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Ruth+3%3A13&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ruth 3:13<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=1+Sam+1%3A11&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Sam 1:11<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=1+Sam+20%3A12-13&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">20:12-13<\/a>). So, to fail to keep your word would constitute using Yahweh in vain (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Deut+23%3A21-23&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deut 23:21-23<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Ps+15%3A4&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ps 15:4<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Eccl+5%3A4-5&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eccl 5:4-5<\/a>).<\/li><li>Prophets delivered their words in Yahweh\u2019s name. Those who did so illegitimately, not having received any word from the LORD, were subject to severe penalty (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Deut+18%3A17-22&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deut 18:17-22<\/a>) and reproach (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Jer+23%3A9-40&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jer 23:9-40<\/a>)\u2014they were effectively using Yahweh\u2019s name for evil ends, including their own popularity.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the commandment condemned any or all of these abuses of Yahweh in Israel\u2019s life. In these respects, Israel shared a sense of awe for the power of the name of their God in common with other ancient Near Eastern cultures, where the names of gods were regarded as powerful and handled with care and fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Name Among the Nations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there is an additional layer of significance when we remember, once again, the story in which these commandments are set. A major theme of the exodus narrative is Yahweh\u2019s determination to be known for who he is\u2014the God of all the earth, God of creation and redemption. God\u2019s express purpose in the prolonged battle with pharaoh is stated at a central moment: \u201cI have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Ex+9%3A16&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exod 9:16<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since, then, God\u2019s desire is that his name should be acknowledged among all nations on earth as the only source of blessing and salvation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Isa+45%3A5-6&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isa 45:5-6<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=Isa+45%3A23-24&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">23-24<\/a>), then whatever damages or detracts from his name (especially through reprehensible words and behavior of his own people) hinders that universal goal. If people associate the name of Yahweh (or, in our context, Jesus Christ, or \u201cthe Christian God\u201d) with people whom they revile and whose behavior they despise, then \u201cthey will not be drawn to this God and he will not receive its due honor and respect. At the deepest level, the use of God\u2019s name is a matter of mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bearing the Name<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This more strongly ethical and missional understanding of the commandment has recently been advocated by Carmen Joy Imes. Dr. Imes argues for a non-elliptical meaning of \u201cbear the name of YHWH,\u201d on the analogy of the use of the same verb when the high priest bore the names of Israel on his breastpiece and bore the name of YHWH on his forehead. \u201cBearing the name\u201d meant representing the one(s) whose name(s) he bore. Accordingly, for Israel to do this meant they represented God in the world of nations by living in accordance with his ways and commands. To bear the name of the LORD \u201cin vain\u201d was to bring disgrace on their God by their moral and missional failures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Keep Reading the Story of God Bible Commentary<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/StoryOfGodBookSetSocial-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/StoryOfGodBookSetSocial-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/StoryOfGodBookSetSocial-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/StoryOfGodBookSetSocial-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/StoryOfGodBookSetSocial-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/store\/product.php?product_id=77412\">Story of God Bible Commentary<\/a> \u201cexplains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible\u2019s grand story\u201d. Each passage of the Bible is discussed under the headings of <strong>listen, explain,<\/strong> and <strong>live.<\/strong> This three-fold approach to every passage helps the reader live as a faithful character in the story of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/store\/product.php?product_id=77412\" style=\"background-color:#77aa3c\">STORY OF GOD BIBLE COMMENTARY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God commanded his people not to take his name in vain. But what does that actually mean? It\u2019s rightly believed that this prohibits speech that defames God\u2019s name, but is that all there is to it? 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