What Does Isaiah 42:24 Mean?

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

“Who gave”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

spoilation

“Jacob”

jaakob, the israelitish patriarch

“and Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“to the robbers”

to plunder

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“did not the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“he against whom”

this or that

“we have sinned”

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“for they would”

to breathe after, i.e., (figuratively) to be acquiescent

“in his ways”

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

“not walk”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“neither were they obedient”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“unto his law”

a precept or statute, especially the decalogue or pentateuch