Isaiah 42:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But his people were trapped and imprisoned in holes with no one to rescue them. All they owned had been taken, and no one was willing to give it back.

Cross References

Psalm 102:20

He listened to the groans of prisoners, and he rescued everyone who was doomed to die.”

Psalm 50:22

You have ignored me! So pay close attention or I will tear you apart, and no one can help you.

Isaiah 1:7

Your country lies in ruins; your towns are in ashes. Foreigners and strangers take and destroy your land while you watch.

Isaiah 14:17

Did he capture every city and make earth a desert? Is he the one who refused to let prisoners go home?”

Isaiah 18:2

Egypt sends messengers up the River Nile on ships made of reeds. Send them fast to Ethiopia, whose people are tall and have smooth skin. Their land is divided by rivers; they are strong and brutal, feared all over the world.

Isaiah 24:18

If you are terrified and run, you will fall into a pit; if you crawl out of the pit, you will get caught in a trap. The sky has split apart like a window thrown open. The foundations of the earth have been shaken;

Isaiah 24:22

He will put them in a pit and keep them prisoner. Then later on, he will punish them.

Isaiah 24:3

The earth will be stripped bare and left that way. This is what the LORD has promised.

Isaiah 36:1

Hezekiah had been king of Judah for fourteen years when King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded the country and captured every walled city

Isaiah 42:23

Why won't his people ever learn to listen?

Isaiah 42:7

You will give sight to the blind; you will set prisoners free from dark dungeons.

Isaiah 45:13

I have done the right thing by placing Cyrus in power, and I will make the roads easy for him to follow. I am the LORD All-Powerful! Cyrus will rebuild my city and set my people free without being paid a thing. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Isaiah 5:29

They roar and growl like fierce young lions as they grab their victims and drag them off where no one can rescue them.

Isaiah 51:23

Instead I will give it to your brutal enemies, who treated you like dirt and walked all over you.”

Isaiah 56:9

Come from the forest, you wild animals! Attack and gobble up your victims.

Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a flock of sheep scattered by hungry lions. The king of Assyria first gobbled Israel up. Then Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylonia, crunched on Israel's bones.

Jeremiah 52:31

Jehoiachin was a prisoner in Babylon for thirty-seven years. Then Evil-Merodach became king of Babylonia, and in the first year of his rule, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he let Jehoiachin out of prison.