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Isaiah 42:24 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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. "
Isaiah 42:24
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22 But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become captives, and no one delivers, and a plunder, and no one says, ‘Restore them!’
23 Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
24 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.
25 Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle. It set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know. It burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.”
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Isaiah 42:1
"“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations."
Isaiah 42:2
"He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street."
Isaiah 42:3
"He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice."
Isaiah 42:4
"He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice on the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”"
Isaiah 42:5
"God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:"
Isaiah 42:6
"“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations,"
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