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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Who allowed Israel to be robbed and hurt? It was the Lord, against whom we sinned, for the people would not walk in his path, nor would they obey his law.

Context of Isaiah 42:24

22But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in pits or hidden away in prisons. They have become plunder, with no one to rescue them; they have been made loot, with no one to say, “Send them back.” 23Which of you will listen to this or pay close attention in time to come? 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. 25So he poured out on them his burning anger, the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

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 10:5“Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
• Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.
• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy. Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.
• Isaiah 50:1This is what the Lord says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold; because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.
• Isaiah 59:1Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
• Isaiah 63:10Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and he himself fought against them.
• Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,
• Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the Lord had given them up?
• Judges 2:14In his anger against Israel the Lord gave them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
• Judges 3:8The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim, to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.
• Judges 10:7he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,
• 2 Chronicles 15:6One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.
• 2 Chronicles 36:17He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians, who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men or young women, the elderly or the infirm. God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.
• Nehemiah 9:26“But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law. They killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.
• Psalms 106:40Therefore the Lord was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.
• Jeremiah 5:15People of Israel,” declares the Lord, “I am bringing a distant nation against you— an ancient and enduring nation, a people whose language you do not know, whose speech you do not understand.

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

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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