Isaiah 49:9

saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

In Context

8Thus saith Jehovah: In a time of acceptance have I answered thee, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

10They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:54And if he be not redeemed in this manner, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he and his children with him.

Psalms 22:26The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Psalms 69:33For Jehovah heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.

Psalms 107:10Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,

Isaiah 5:17And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 49:8-13

Encouragement to the Gentiles. ( b. c. 706.) 7 Thus saith the Lord , the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. 8 Thus saith the Lord , In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the… Read the whole commentary →

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