Isaiah 42:22

And yet it is a robbed and plundered people; They are all of them bound in prisons, And hid in dungeons; They have become a spoil, and none delivereth; A prey, and none saith, “Restore!”

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In The King James Version

But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

In Context

21It pleased Jehovah for his goodness' sake To give him a law, great and glorious;

23Who is there among you that will give ear to this, That will listen and attend for the time to come?

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Cross References

Psalms 50:22Mark this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and none deliver you!

Isaiah 1:7Your country is desolate; Your cities are burnt with fire; Your ground, strangers devour it before your eyes; It is become desolate, destroyed by an enemy.

Isaiah 14:17That made the world a wilderness, And laid waste its cities, And sent not his captives to their homes?'

Isaiah 24:3The land is utterly emptied and utterly plundered; For Jehovah hath spoken this word.

Isaiah 24:22They shall be thrown together bound into the pit, And shall be shut up in the prison, But after many days shall they 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 →

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