21 The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious. 22 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!” 23 Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
Isaiah 42:21–23
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