Isaiah 42:24

²² But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”

²³ Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?

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.

²⁵ So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
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.
WEB: Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn’t the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law.
ASV: Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his law.
DARBY: Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? Did not Jehovah, he against whom we have sinned? And they would not walk in his ways, neither did they hearken unto his law.
BLB: 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.

ÅB: Hvem har overgitt Jakob til plyndring og Israel til røvere? Var det ikke Herren, han som vi syndet mot, og på hvis veier de ikke ville vandre, og på hvis lov de ikke hørte?
OTB: Hvem ga Jakob opp til plyndring, og Israel til røverne? Var det ikke Herren, mot hvem vi har syndet? For de ville ikke følge hans veier, og de adlød ikke hans lov.
B1930: Hvem har overgitt Jakob til plyndring og Israel til røvere? Var det ikke Herren, han som vi syndet mot, og på hvis veier de ikke vilde vandre, og på hvis lov de ikke hørte?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 59:1–2
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
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Judges 10:7
So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,
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Lamentations 1:14
My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
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Jeremiah 25:8–9
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words,
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Lamentations 1:18
The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
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Isaiah 50:1–2
This 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? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
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Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
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Isaiah 10:5–6
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
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