Isaiah 42:22
And this [is] a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes — all of them, And in houses of restraint they were hidden, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, 'Restore.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
21Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.
23Who among you giveth ear [to] this? Attendeth, and heareth afterwards.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:29and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour.
Psalms 50:22Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
Isaiah 1:7Your land [is] a desolation, your cities burnt with fire, Your ground, before you strangers are consuming it, And a desolation as overthrown by strangers!
Isaiah 14:17He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.
Isaiah 24:3Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word:
Isaiah 24:22And they have been gathered — A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And shut up they have been in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.
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 →