Isaiah 49:9

To say to the bound, Go out, || To those in darkness, Be uncovered. They feed on the ways, || And their pasture is in all high places.

Literal Standard Version

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 said YHWH: “In a time of good pleasure I answered You, || And in a day of salvation I helped You, || And I keep You, and give You, || For a covenant of the people, || To establish the earth, || To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.

10They do not hunger, nor thirst, || Nor do mirage and sun strike them, || For He who is pitying them leads them, || And tends them by fountains of waters.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:54And if he is not redeemed in these [years], then he has gone out in the Year of Jubilee, he and his sons with him.

Psalms 22:26The humble eat and are satisfied, || Those seeking Him praise YHWH, || Your heart lives forever.

Psalms 69:33For YHWH listens to the needy, || And He has not despised His bound ones.

Psalms 107:10Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, || Prisoners of affliction and of iron,

Isaiah 5:17And lambs have fed according to their leading, || And sojourners consume wastelands of the fat ones.

Isaiah 41:18I open rivers on high places, || And fountains in midst of valleys, || I make a wilderness become a pond of water, || And a dry land becomes springs of water.

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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