KJVThat made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?
who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.
[that] made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; [that] dismissed not his prisoners homewards?
Isaiah — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob. The particle ky(ki) having various significations, we might take it as signifying But, and might connect this verse with the former verse in the following manner: But (or, yet) the Lord will have compassion on Jacob. But I consider it to…