Isaiah 42:24

Translations

Modern

Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.

Traditional

Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

Literal

Who gave Jacob as plunder and Israel to those plundering? Was it not YHWH, against whom we have sinned? And they were not willing to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.

Latin

Quis dedit in direptionem Jacob, et Israël vastantibus? nonne Dominus ipse, cui peccavimus? Et noluerunt in viis ejus ambulare, et non audierunt legem ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.

Notes

Isaiah 42:22–25

Throughout its history, Israel's sins (Isaiah 42:24) made it vulnerable to foreign oppressors. Many nations, especially Assyria and Babylon, became tools God used to express his anger (Isaiah 42:25) toward his rebellious people.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiah

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I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
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I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Judges 2:14
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
Amos 3:6
If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
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The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
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But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
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For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”
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Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
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Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
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2 Chronicles 15:6
Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Book of Baruch Church Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature Ransom

Topics

Disobedience to God: Shall be Punished Impenitence: General Scriptures Concerning Obedience to God: Includes: Obeying his Law Self-Will and Stubbornness: Exhibited in Refusing to Walk in the Ways of God Self-Will: Exhibited in Refusing to Walk in the Ways of God The Anger of God: should Lead to Repentance

Isaiah 42:24

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