Verse Lens · Context pointer
Isaiah 42:22 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 22. 22But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
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Role in This Section
The servant poem or servant-addressing voice turns or qualifies the movement with “But this is a people robbed and spoiled” at Isaiah 42:22 inside “The Blind Servant Has Not Learned from Judgment.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 42:18–25
Read Isaiah 42:22 with 42:18–25. By itself, “But this is a people robbed and spoiled” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The servant who should observe is called blind and deaf; ignored instruction and experienced plunder are interpreted as covenant failure without yet producing reflection.
Why It Needs Context
Isaiah 42:18–25 gives Isaiah 42:22 its literary owner and outcome. The servant poem or servant-addressing voice turns or qualifies the movement with “But this is a people robbed and spoiled” at Isaiah 42:22 inside “The Blind Servant Has Not Learned from Judgment.” Application waits until that movement is understood.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Isaiah 42:18–25 — The Blind Servant Has Not Learned from JudgmentSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 42:18–25, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 42:18–25 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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