21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

22 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.

23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?

24 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.

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21 It pleased the Lord
    for the sake(A) of his righteousness
    to make his law(B) great and glorious.
22 But this is a people plundered(C) and looted,
    all of them trapped in pits(D)
    or hidden away in prisons.(E)
They have become plunder,
    with no one to rescue them;(F)
they have been made loot,
    with no one to say, “Send them back.”

23 Which of you will listen to this
    or pay close attention(G) in time to come?
24 Who handed Jacob over to become loot,
    and Israel to the plunderers?(H)
Was it not the Lord,(I)
    against whom we have sinned?
For they would not follow(J) his ways;
    they did not obey his law.(K)

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