Isaiah 42:22
But this is a people robbed and plundered. They are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses. They are for a prey, and none delivers, for a spoil, and none says, Restore.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
21It pleased LORD, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
23Who is there among you that will give ear to this, that will hearken and hear for the time to come?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:29and thou shall grope at noonday, as the blind man gropes in darkness. And thou shall not prosper in thy ways. And thou shall only be oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save thee.
Psalms 50:22Now consider this, ye who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
Isaiah 1:7Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Your land--strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Isaiah 14:17who made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities of it, who did not let loose his prisoners to their home?
Isaiah 24:3The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste, for LORD has spoken this word.
Isaiah 24:22And they shall be gathered together as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison. And after many days they shall be visited.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:19-25
The Blindness of the Jews. ( b. c. 708.) 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord 's servant? 20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. 21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they… Read the whole commentary →