Isaiah 42:24-25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
24 Who was it that gave Jacob to be despoiled,
Israel to the plunderers?[a]
Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned?
In his ways they refused to walk,
his teaching they would not heed.
25 So he poured out wrath upon them,
his anger, and the fury of battle;
It blazed all around them, yet they did not realize,
it burned them, but they did not take it to heart.
Footnotes
- 42:24 Plunderers: the Assyrians and Babylonians. We…they: the switch from first- to third-person speech, though puzzling, does not obscure the fact that “the people” is meant.
Isaiah 42:24-25
New International Version
24 Who handed Jacob over to become loot,
and Israel to the plunderers?(A)
Was it not the Lord,(B)
against whom we have sinned?
For they would not follow(C) his ways;
they did not obey his law.(D)
25 So he poured out on them his burning anger,(E)
the violence of war.
It enveloped them in flames,(F) yet they did not understand;(G)
it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.(H)
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