Verse 22
Isaiah 42:22
World English Bible
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But this is a robbed and plundered people.
All of them are snared in holes,
and they are hidden in prisons.
They have become captives, and no one delivers;
and a plunder, and no one says, ‘Restore them!’
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הוּא֮ עַם בָּז֣וּז וְ/שָׁסוּי֒ הָפֵ֤חַ בַּֽ/חוּרִים֙ כֻּלָּ֔/ם וּ/בְ/בָתֵּ֥י כְלָאִ֖ים הָחְבָּ֑אוּ הָי֤וּ לָ/בַז֙ וְ/אֵ֣ין מַצִּ֔יל מְשִׁסָּ֖ה וְ/אֵין אֹמֵ֥ר הָשַֽׁב
English Translation
And he is a people plundered and despoiled; they are all snared in holes, and in houses of captivity they have been hidden; they became a prey, and there is no deliverer; and there is no one who says, "Restore."
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Chapter 42 Context
1
“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold;
my chosen, in whom my soul delights—
I have put my Spirit on him...
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2
He will not shout,
nor raise his voice,
nor cause it to be heard in the street.
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3
He won’t break a bruised reed.
He won’t quench a dimly burning wick.
He will faithfully bring justic...
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4
He will not fail nor be discouraged,
until he has set justice in the earth,
and the islands will wai...
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5
Thus says God (Elohim) Yahweh,
he who created the heavens and stretched them out,
he who spread out...
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6
“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness,
and will hold your hand,
and will keep you,
and make y...
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7
to open the blind eyes,
to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon,
and those who sit in darkness out...
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8
“I am Yahweh.
That is my name.
I will not give my glory to another,
nor my praise to engraved images...
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9
Behold, the former things have happened,
and I declare new things.
I tell you about them before they...
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10
Sing to Yahweh a new song,
and his praise from the end of the earth,
you who go down to the sea,
and...
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11
Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices,
with the villages that Kedar inhabits.
Let the...
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12
Let them give glory to Yahweh,
and declare his praise in the islands.
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13
Yahweh will go out like a mighty man.
He will stir up zeal like a man of war.
He will raise a war cr...
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14
“I have been silent a long time.
I have been quiet and restrained myself.
Now I will cry out like a...
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15
I will destroy mountains and hills,
and dry up all their herbs.
I will make the rivers islands,
and...
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16
I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know.
I will lead them in paths that they don’t know...
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17
“Those who trust in engraved images,
who tell molten images,
‘You are our gods’
will be turned back....
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18
“Hear, you deaf,
and look, you blind,
that you may see.
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19
Who is blind, but my servant?
Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is as blind as he w...
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20
You see many things, but don’t observe.
His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen.
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21
It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law,
and make it honorable.
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22
But this is a robbed and plundered people.
All of them are snared in holes,
and they are hidden in p...
23
Who is there among you who will give ear to this?
Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
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24
Who gave Jacob as plunder,
and Israel to the robbers?
Didn’t Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned?...
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25
Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him,
and the strength of battle;
and it set him o...
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