King James Version
Isaiah 42:23 in the King James Version says “Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? for: Heb. for the after time?” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 42 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? for: Heb. for the after time?”
Isaiah 42:23 · KJV
The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. it: or, him
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. they are all: or, in snaring all the young men of them for a spoil: Heb. a treading
Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? for: Heb. for the after time?
Who gave Jacob for a spoil , and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“Who among you will give ear”
H238to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e., (by implication) to listen
“and hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“for the time to come”
H268the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the west
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