23 Who among you will hear this?
Let him listen and obey in the future.
24 Who gave Jacob to the robber,[a]
and Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord?
Have we not sinned against him?
They were not willing to walk in his ways,
and they would not listen to his instruction.
25 So he poured out his furious anger
and the power of war on Jacob.
It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know it;
it burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.(A)

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Notas al pie

  1. 42:24 Lit to loot

23 “Who among you will listen,
    and[a] pay attention,
        and listen for the time to come?”

God Punishes Israel

24 “Who handed Jacob over to looters,
    and Israel to robbers?
Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned?
    After all, they weren’t willing to walk in his ways,
        and they wouldn’t obey[b] his instruction,
25 so he drenched him with[c] the heat that is his anger,[d]
    the violence of war.
It enveloped him in flames,
    but still he had no insight.
It burned him up,
    but he didn’t take it to heart.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Isaiah 42:23 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and
  2. Isaiah 42:24 Or wouldn’t listen to
  3. Isaiah 42:25 Lit. he poured out on him
  4. Isaiah 42:25 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsag MT read the heat, his anger