²² But what a sight his people are—these who were to demonstrate to all the world the glory of his law;^[a] for they are robbed, enslaved, imprisoned, trapped, fair game for all, with no one to protect them. ²³ Won’t even one of you apply these lessons from the past and see the ruin that awaits you up ahead? ²⁴ Who let Israel be robbed and hurt? Did not the Lord? It is the Lord they sinned against, for they would not go where he sent them nor listen to his laws.