Isaiah 42:24
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.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 63:10 describes rebellion causing God to become their enemy—the same pattern of judgment for sin as in 42:24.
Isaiah 59:2 states that iniquities separate from God, the same reason He gave Israel to plunder in 42:24.
Isaiah 50:1 says Israel was sold for their iniquities, echoing the cause of spoil in 42:24: sin and disobedience.
Isaiah 10:5 names Assyria as the rod of God's anger, revealing the identity of the 'robbers' who took Jacob as spoil.
Isaiah 10:6 specifies that God sent Assyria against a godless nation to take spoil, exactly matching the spoiling in 42:24.
Isaiah 45:7 declares God creates calamity, confirming that the LORD is the source of the judgment described in 42:24.
Isaiah 47:6 states God gave his people into Babylon's hand due to anger, a direct parallel to being given as spoil in 42:24.
In Isaiah 43:28, God explicitly says he gave Jacob to the curse and Israel to reproaches, directly echoing this judgment.
Isaiah 59:1 affirms God's power to save, contrasting with the judgment in 42:24—the problem is not God's inability but their sin.
Deuteronomy 32:30 says defeat only happens if God sells them—the same reason as 42:24: God gave them over because of sin.
Lamentations 1:18 adds the confession that the Lord is righteous and they have rebelled — acknowledging the justice of the judgment described in the main verse.
Lamentations 1:14 poetically confesses that the Lord delivered them into hands from which they cannot rise — the same judgment, here experienced as a yoke of transgressions.
Jeremiah 25:9 names the specific agent of judgment: Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the families of the north, making the 'robbers' concrete.
Jeremiah 5:15 identifies the specific nation God would bring as the instrument of judgment — a mighty, ancient nation from far away — filling in who the 'robbers' were.
Psalm 106:40-42 uses nearly identical language — God gave them into the hand of the heathen because of their rebellion — reinforcing the same theological cause-and-effect.
Nehemiah 9:26 details the specific sins — rebellion, casting away God's law, slaying prophets — that led to the judgment described in the main verse.
2 Chronicles 36:17 describes the Babylonian conquest—the ultimate fulfillment of God giving Israel to spoilers as in 42:24.
Judges 10:7 repeats the pattern of God selling Israel to enemies because of sin, matching Isaiah 42:24's cause.
Judges 3:8 shows God selling Israel to a foreign king—another instance of the same judgment pattern as in 42:24.
Judges 2:14 explicitly describes God delivering Israel to spoilers—the exact scenario Isaiah 42:24 says happened due to their sin.
Deuteronomy 28:49 is the curse of a foreign nation attacking, which Isaiah 42:24 sees as fulfilled when God gave Israel to plunder.
In Nehemiah 9:30, this same pattern is recounted: God gave Israel into enemy hands because they refused to listen to the prophets.
In Ezekiel 39:23, God explains that he gave Israel into enemy hands for their trespasses, directly paralleling the reason here.
In Daniel 1:1, the siege by Nebuchadnezzar is a historical instance of God giving Israel to enemies as stated here.