Isaiah 51:14

The prisoner, bent under his chain, will quickly be made free, and will not go down into the underworld, and his bread will not come to an end.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

In Context

13And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?

15For I am the Lord your God, who makes the sea calm when its waves are thundering: the Lord of armies is his name.

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Cross References

Isaiah 30:20And though the Lord will give you the bread of trouble and the water of grief, you will no longer put your teacher on one side, but you will see your teacher:

Isaiah 49:10They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.

Isaiah 52:2Make yourself clean from the dust; up! and take the seat of your power, O Jerusalem: the bands of your neck are loose, O prisoned daughter of Zion.

Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.

Zechariah 9:11And as for you, because of the blood of your agreement, I have sent out your prisoners from the deep hole in which there is no water.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:10-17

Prayer in Behalf of Israel; Encouragement to the People of God. ( b. c. 706.) 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? 10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? 11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon… Read the whole commentary →

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