Isaiah 49:17

Thy banim shall make haste; + 49:17 to return from the Golus 1 thy destroyers and they that laid thee waste 1 shall depart from thee. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

In Context

16Behold, I have engraved thee upon the palms of My hands; 1 thy chomot are continually before Me. 1

18Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold; 1 all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. 1 As I live, saith Hashem, 1 thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, 1 as with jewelry and put them on like a kallah. 1

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Cross References

Nehemiah 2:4Then HaMelech said unto me, For what dost Thou make request? So I davened to Elohei HaShomayim.

Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a Goy Chanef, 1 and against the people of My wrath will I give him a charge, 1 to take the spoil, and to take the plunder, 1 and to tread them down like the chomer chutzot (mire of the streets). 1

Isaiah 51:13And forgettest Hashem Osehcha (thy Maker), 1 that hath stretched out Shomayim, 1 and laid the foundations of Eretz; 1 and thou art terrified tamid (constantly), kol hayom, 1 because of the fury of the oppressor 1 when he is ready to destroy? 1 And where is the fury of the oppressor? 1

Isaiah 51:22Thus saith thy L-rd Hashem, 1 and thy G-d that pleadeth the cause of His people: 1 Hinei, I have taken out of thine yad 1 the Kos HaTarelah (Cup of Reeling, the Cup that causes reeling), 1 even the dregs of the cup of My fury; 1 thou shalt no more drink it again; 1

Isaiah 62:5For as a bochur marrieth a betulah, 1 so shall thy banim marry thee; 1 and as the choson rejoiceth over the kallah, 1 so shall thy G-d rejoice over thee. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 49:14-18

Encouragement to Zion. ( b. c. 706.) 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually… Read the whole commentary →

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