Isaiah 42:23-25
Lexham English Bible
23 Who among you will heed this,
will listen attentively and listen, for the time to come?[a]
24 Who gave Jacob to a plunderer[b]
and Israel to those who plunder?
Was it not Yahweh, against whom[c] we have sinned?
And they were not willing to walk in his ways,
and they would not obey[d] his law.
25 So[e] he poured the wrath of his anger upon him
and the strength of war.
And it set him afire all around, but[f] he did not understand;[g]
and it burned him, but[h] he did not take it to heart.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:23 Literally “later”
- Isaiah 42:24 The reading tradition (Qere) has “as plunder”
- Isaiah 42:24 Or “this”
- Isaiah 42:24 Literally “hear”
- Isaiah 42:25 Or “and”
- Isaiah 42:25 Or “and”
- Isaiah 42:25 Or “did not know”
- Isaiah 42:25 Or “and”
Isaiah 42:23-25
International Standard Version
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.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:23 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and
- Isaiah 42:24 Or wouldn’t listen to
- Isaiah 42:25 Lit. he poured out on him
- Isaiah 42:25 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsag MT read the heat, his anger
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