Isaiah 42:22

“But this is a people plundered and despoiled; all of them are trapped in the holes, and in houses of prison they are hidden; they have become plunder, and there is no one to deliver; spoil, and there is no one to say, “Give it back!””

Isaiah 42:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 42:22, word by word

is a peopleעַםam

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

Where else “am” appears
plunderedבָּזוּזbazuz

plunder

Plunder, take spoil.

Where else “bazuz” appears
and despoiledשָׁסוּיshasuy

plunder

Plunder: take from someone by force what he has.

Where else “shasuy” appears
are trappedהָפֵחַhafeach

be trapped

To be snared, caught in a trap.

Where else “hafeach” appears
in the holesחוּרִיםchurim

hole

A hole: a snake's hole, or a prison cell.

Where else “churim” appears
and in housesבָתֵּיvate

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “vate” appears
of prisonכְלָאִיםchelaim

prison

Prison, confinement: a place where someone is held.

Where else “chelaim” appears
they are hiddenהָחְבָּאוּhachbau

hide

Hide oneself.

Where else “hachbau” appears
they have becomeהָיוּhayu

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

Where else “hayu” appears
plunderבַזvaz

plunder, booty

Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.

Where else “vaz” appears
one to deliverמַצִּילmatsil

rescue

To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.

Where else “matsil” appears
spoilמְשִׁסָּהmeshisa

spoil, plunder

Spoil: what an enemy snatches when plundering, and also the people itself left exposed to plunder (2 Kings 21:14; Isaiah 42:22; Jeremiah 30:16).

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one to sayאֹמֵרomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “omer” appears
“Give it backהָשַׁבhashav

bring back

To return something, restore.

Where else “hashav” appears

The context

21YHWH was pleased, for the sake of his righteousness, to magnify the instruction and make it glorious.

22 · This verse (above)

23Who among you will give ear to this, will pay attention and hear for the time to come?

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