Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
20 Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.
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You have seen many things, but you pay no attention; your ears are open, but you do not listen.”
21 Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.
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It pleased the LORDfor the sake of his righteousness to make his law great and glorious.
22 And this [is] a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes -- all of them, And in houses of restraint they were hidden, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, `Restore.'
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But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in pits or hidden away in prisons. They have become plunder, with no one to rescue them; they have been made loot, with no one to say, “Send them back.”
23 Who among you giveth ear [to] this? Attendeth, and heareth afterwards.
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Which of you will listen to this or pay close attention in time to come?
24 Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, And Israel to the spoilers? Is it not Jehovah -- He against whom we sinned? Yea, they have not been willing in His ways to walk, Nor have they hearkened to His law.
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Who handed Jacob over to become loot, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? For they would not follow his ways; they did not obey his law.
25 And He poureth on him fury, His anger, and the strength of battle, And it setteth him on fire round about, And he hath not known, And it burneth against him, and he layeth it not to heart!
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So he poured out on them his burning anger, the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
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