WhoמִיgaveנָתַןJacobיַעֲקֹבto spoil,לִמְשִׁסָּהand Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵלto plunderers?לְבֹזְזִיםWas it notהֲלוֹאYHWH,יְהוָהthis oneזוּagainst whomלוֹwe have sinned?חָטָאנוּAnd they were not willingוְלֹא אָבוּto walkהָלוֹךְin his ways,בִדְרָכָיוand they did notוְלֹאlistenשָׁמְעוּto his instruction.בְּתוֹרָתוֹ
Isaiah 42:24
Study it in the app“Who gave Jacob to spoil, and Israel to plunderers? Was it not YHWH, this one against whom we have sinned? And they were not willing to walk in his ways, and they did not listen to his instruction.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 42:24, word by word
- gaveנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- to 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).
Where else “meshisa” appears- and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- to plunderersבֹזְזִיםvozzim
plunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “vozzim” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- this oneזוּzu
this
Points to something near or already mentioned (in poetry).
Where else “zu” appears- we have sinnedחָטָאנוּchatanu
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatanu” appears- And they were not willingאָבוּavu
be willing, consent
Be willing, consent, agree to something; with "not", refuse.
Where else “avu” appears- to walkהָלוֹךְhaloch
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “haloch” appears- in his waysדְרָכָיderachay
ways of YHWH
YHWH's ways: what he does and commands.
Where else “derachay” appears- listenשָׁמְעוּshamu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shamu” appears- to his instructionתוֹרָתtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears
The context
23Who among you will give ear to this, will pay attention and hear for the time to come?
24 · This verse (above)
25So he poured out on him the fury of his anger and the fierceness of war; and it set him ablaze all around, but he did not know it; and it burned against him, but he did not take it to heart.