Isaiah 42:24

²² But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

²³ Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?

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.

²⁵ Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not 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
Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
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Judges 10:7
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
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Lamentations 1:14
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
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Jeremiah 25:8–9
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
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Lamentations 1:18
The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
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Isaiah 50:1–2
Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
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Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
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Isaiah 10:5–6
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
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