Isaiah 49:17
Your children are hurrying back, while those who destroyed you are going away. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
16Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are continually before me. 1
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said to me, “What do you want me to do?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Isaiah 10:6I send him against an arrogant nation and against the people who bear my overflowing wrath. 1 I order him to take the spoil, to take the prey, and to trample them like mud in the streets. 1
Isaiah 51:13Why have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens 1 and laid the foundations of the earth? You are in constant dread every day 1 because of the hot fury of the oppressor when he decides to destroy. Where is the fury of the oppressor? 1
Isaiah 51:22Your Lord Yahweh, your God, who pleads the cause of his people, says this, 1 “See, I have taken the cup of staggering from your hand— 1 the bowl, which is the cup of my anger—so that you will not drink it again. 1
Isaiah 62:5Truly, as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you, 1 and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, your God will rejoice over you. 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 →