Isaiah

Isaiah 42:22

²²But this is a people plundered and looted,

all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons.

They have become plunder with no one to rescue them,

and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But this	וְהוּא֮	wə·hū	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
is a people	עַם־	‘am-	Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
plundered	בָּז֣וּז	bā·zūz	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H962 spoil, plunder
and looted	וְשָׁסוּי֒	wə·šā·sui	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H8154 spoil, plunder
all	כֻּלָּ֔ם	kul·lām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3605 the whole, all
trapped	הָפֵ֤חַ	hā·p̄ê·aḥ	Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute	H6351 ensnare
in caves	בַּֽחוּרִים֙	ba·ḥū·rîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2352 crevice, cell
or imprisoned	הָחְבָּ֑אוּ	hā·ḥə·bā·’ū	Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2244 withdraw, hide
in dungeons	וּבְבָתֵּ֥י	ū·ḇə·ḇāt·tê	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1004 house
They have become	הָי֤וּ	hā·yū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
plunder	לָבַז֙	lā·ḇaz	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H957 spoiling, robbery; spoil, booty
with no	וְאֵ֣ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
one to rescue them	מַצִּ֔יל	maṣ·ṣîl	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H5337 strip, plunder
and loot	מְשִׁסָּ֖ה	mə·šis·sāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4933 booty, plunder
with no	וְאֵין־	wə·’ên-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
one to say	אֹמֵ֥ר	’ō·mêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Send them back	הָשַֽׁב׃	hā·šaḇ	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 102:20 · Jeremiah 50:17 · Isaiah 51:23 · Isaiah 24:22 · Psalm 50:22 · Luke 19:41–44 · Jeremiah 51:34–35 · Isaiah 42:7 · Isaiah 52:4–5 · Isaiah 24:18 · Isaiah 18:2 · Isaiah 1:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.