Isaiah 42:22
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But 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.But 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!”
In other translations
But 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.But 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!”
Hebrew words
וְהוּאvehu'and itH1931עַם־'am-[is] a peopleH5971בָּזוּזbazuzdespoiledH962וְשָׁסוּיveshasuiand plunderedH8154הָפֵחַhafeachthey are trappedH6351בַּחוּרִיםbachurimin <the> holesH2352כֻּלָּםkulamall of themH3605וּבְבָתֵּיuvevateiand in houses ofH1004כְלָאִיםkhela'imimprisonment<s>H3608הָחְבָּאוּhacheba'uthey are hiddenH2244הָיוּhayuthey have becomeH1961לָבַזlavaz<into> spoilH957וְאֵיןve'einand there notH369מַצִּילmatzil[is] a delivererH5337מְשִׁסָּהmeshisahplunderH4933וְאֵין־ve'ein-and there notH369אֹמֵר'omer[is one who] saysH559הָשַׁב׃hashavbring [it] backH7725
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