KJV ORIGINAL
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Therefore my people have been taken captive because they lack understanding: their respected leaders are starving, and the common people are dying of thirst.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is explaining that His people will face exile and suffering because they have rejected knowledge and understanding of His ways.
📚 Historical Context
Isaiah wrote this prophecy around 740-700 BC, warning the kingdom of Judah about coming judgment. The 'captivity' he refers to would later be fulfilled when the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem in 586 BC and took the Jewish people into exile. This was part of God's judgment on a nation that had turned away from Him despite having access to His law and prophets.
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