“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.”
The lament—'But this is a people robbed and plundered, all of them trapped in holes and hidden in prisons; they have become plunder with no one to rescue, spoil with no one to say, "Restore!"'—acknowledges Israel's actual devastation. The accumulation of images (robbed, plundered, trapped, hidden, become plunder) emphasizes the totality of their degradation. The particular emphasis on no one to 'restore' or 'rescue' highlights their isolation and abandonment by any earthly power. This verse grounds the prophecy in historical reality: restoration is needed because Israel's actual situation is catastrophic.
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