Isaiah 42:24

Isaiah 42:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Who handed Jacob over to become loot, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned? For they would not follow his ways; they did not obey his law.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Who gave up Jacob to the looter, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned, in whose ways they would not walk, and whose law they would not obey?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Was it not the Lord, He against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in His ways, Nor were they obedient to His law.

Context of Isaiah 42:24

22But enemies have robbed God's people and they have taken away all their valuable things. Their enemies have caught them in traps and they have made them prisoners. There is nobody who will rescue them. Their enemies have stored them safely, and nobody says, ‘Send them back.’ 23Will any of you listen to my message? Will you think carefully about it in the future? Who put Jacob's descendants under the power of their enemies? Who gave the Israelites to people who would rob them? It was the Lord! He is the one that we have not obeyed. His people did not live in the way that he wanted. They did not obey his law. 25So the Lord was very angry with them. He punished them with a cruel war. His anger was like a fire all round them, but they did not understand what he was doing. His anger burned them, but they did not learn their lesson.

Isaiah 42:24 word by word

מִֽי־נָתַ֨ן לִמְשִׁסָּ֧ה יַעֲקֹ֛ב וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל לְבֹזְזִ֖ים הֲל֣וֹא יְהוָ֑ה ז֚וּ חָטָ֣אנוּ ל֔וֹ וְלֹֽא־אָב֤וּ בִדְרָכָיו֙ הָל֔וֹךְ וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ בְּתוֹרָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• for a spoilמְשׁוּסָהmeshûsâh · spoilH4882
• for a spoilמְשִׁסָּהmeshissâh · plunderH4933
• and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• to the robbersבָּזַזbâzaz · to plunderH962
• did not the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• he against whomזוּzû · thisH2098
• we have sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• for they wouldאָבָה'âbâh · be willingH14
• not walkהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• in his waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• neither were they obedientשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085
• unto his lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451

Cross-references for Isaiah 42:24

• Isaiah 10:5It will be very bad for Assyria! I will use its army to punish my people, because I am angry with them. Assyria will be like a stick that I use to beat my people. That is how I will show them my anger.
• Isaiah 45:7I make light and I also make darkness. I make peace as well as trouble. I am the Lord. I do all these things.
• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my own people. They belonged to me as my special people, but I punished them like ordinary people. I gave you the power to hurt them, and you were not kind to them. You were very cruel to old people.
• Isaiah 50:1This is what the Lord says to his people: ‘Did I send your mother away, like a man sends away his wife? Where is the paper to say why I have sent her away? Did I sell you to pay people that I was in debt to? Where is the paper that shows the reason for my debt? Listen! I sold you because of your sins. I sent your mother away because you have not obeyed me.
• Isaiah 59:1Listen! The Lord's hand is not too weak to save you. His ear is not too deaf to hear you.
• Isaiah 63:10But they turned against him. They made his Holy Spirit angry. So he then became their enemy. He fought against them.
• Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord will bring a nation from far away in the world to attack you. You will not understand their language. They will come quickly to attack you, like an eagle that comes down from the sky.
• Deuteronomy 32:30One man can chase away 1,000 of my people! Two men can chase away 10,000 of them! How can that happen? God, their strong Rock, has left them. The Lord has given their enemies power over them.
• Judges 2:14The Lord was very angry with the Israelites and he punished them. He sent robbers to attack them and take their animals and their food. He put them under the power of their enemies who lived around them. They were not strong enough to fight against their enemies.
• Judges 3:8The Lord was very angry with the Israelites. He let King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram Naharaim attack them. They were under his power for eight years.
• Judges 10:7The Lord became angry with the Israelites. He put them under the power of the Ammonites and the Philistines.
• 2 Chronicles 15:6One nation would attack and destroy another nation. The people of one city destroyed other cities. God caused all this trouble to happen to those people.
• 2 Chronicles 36:17Then the Lord sent the king of Babylon to attack them. His soldiers killed Jerusalem's young men in the temple, where they thought that they would be safe. They were not kind to anybody, the young men or women, or even the very old people. God put all the people of Jerusalem under the king of Babylon's power.
• Nehemiah 9:26But your people did not obey you. They turned against you. They stopped obeying your laws. You sent your prophets to warn your people to return to you. But they killed the prophets that you sent to them. Your people insulted you in many bad ways.
• Psalms 106:40So the Lord became angry with his people. They belonged to him but he turned away from them.
• Jeremiah 5:15The Lord says this: ‘Listen to me, you people of Israel. I will bring an army to attack you. They will come from a nation that is far away. It is a strong nation that started long ago. You do not know their language. You cannot understand what they say.

Commentaries on Isaiah 42:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24We have sinned "They have sinned" - For חטאנו chatanu, "we have sinned," first person; the Septuagint and Chaldee read חטאו chateu, "they have sinned," in the third person.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Who gave Jacob for a spoil? - Who gave up the Jewish people to be plundered? The object of this verse is, to bring distinctly before them the fact that it was Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and of their nation, who had brought this calamity upon them. It was not the work of chance, but it was the immediate and direct act of God on account of their sins. Probably, as a people, they were not disposed to believe this; and the prophet, therefore, takes…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 Observe the call given to this people, and the character given of them. Multitudes are ruined for want of observing that which they cannot but see; they perish, not through ignorance, but carelessness. The Lord is well-pleased in the making known his own righteousness. For their sins they were spoiled of all their possessions. This fully came to pass in the destruction of the Jewish nation. There is no resisting, nor escaping God's anger. See…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-25Throughout 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.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Who--Their calamity was not the work of chance, but God's immediate act for their sins. Jacob ... Israel ... we--change from the third to the first person; Isaiah first speaking to them as a prophet, distinct from them; then identifying himself with them, and acknowledging His share in the nation's sins (compare Jos 5:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 42:24

• Impenitence
• Isaiah
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In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Jacob
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Ashamed
• Elect
• Isle
• Prison
• Servant
• Travailing

Commentaries on Isaiah 42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings