Isaiah 42:24

“Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? &c.] To the Roman soldiers, to be spoiled and robbed by them? this was not owing to chance and fortune, or to the superior skill and power of the Roman army: did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned? he did, but not without cause; he was justly provoked to it by the sins of the Jews, which were the meritorious and procuring causes of it; yet the Roman army could not have taken their city and plundered it had it not been the will of God, who for their sins, delivered it up to them; even Titus, the Heathen emperor, himself saw the hand of God in it, and acknowledged it; “God favouring us (says hef829) we have made war; it is God…”

“Who--Their calamity was not the work of chance, but God's immediate act for their sins. Jacob . . . Israel . . . we--change from the third to the first person; Isaiah first speaking to them as a prophet, distinct from them; then identifying himself with them, and acknowledging His share in the nation's sins (compare Jos 5:1).”

“Who gave Jacob for a spoil? - Who gave up the Jewish people to be plundered? The object of this verse is, to bring distinctly before them the fact that it was Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and of their nation, who had brought this calamity upon them. It was not the work of chance, but it was the immediate and direct act of God on account of their sins. Probably, as a people, they were not disposed to believe this; and the prophet, therefore, takes occasion to calf their attention particularly to this fact. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Isa 10:5, Isa 10:6, Isa 45:7, Isa 47:6, Isa 50:1, Isa 50:2, Isa 59:1, Isa 59:2, Isa 63:10; Deu 28:49, Deu 32:30; Jdg 2:14; Jdg 3:8, Jdg 10:7; Ch2 15:6, Ch2 36:17; Neh 9:26, Neh 9:27; Psa 106:40-42; Jer 5:15; Jer 25:8, Jer 25:9; Lam 1:14, Lam 1:18; Amo 3:6; Mat 22:7 Isaiah 42:25”