Isaiah 42:22
But this is a robbed and plundered people.All of them are snared in holes,and they are hidden in prisons.They have become a prey, and no one delivers;and a spoil, and no one says, 'Restore them!'
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
21It pleased the Lord, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law,and make it honorable.
23Who is there among you who will give ear to this?Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:29and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.
Psalms 50:22"Now consider this, you who forget God,lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Isaiah 1:7Your country is desolate.Your cities are burned with fire.Strangers devour your land in your presence,and it is desolate,as overthrown by strangers.
Isaiah 14:17who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who did not release his prisoners to their home?"
Isaiah 24:3The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for the Lord has spoken this word.
Isaiah 24:22They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and 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 →