Isaiah 49:24

Can the spoils be taken from the warrior, or captives be rescued from the fierce? + 49:24 Instead of from the fierce , the Hebrew text has from the righteous , but most modern versions correct it to from the fierce . 1

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In The King James Version

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

In Context

23Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursemaids; 1 they will bow down to you with their faces to the earth and lick the dust of your feet; 1 and you will know that I am Yahweh; those who wait for me will not be put to shame.” 1

25But this is what Yahweh says, 1 “Yes, the captives will be taken away from the warrior, and spoils will be rescued; 1 for I will oppose your adversary and save your children. 1

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Cross References

Ezra 9:9For we are slaves, but our God has not forgotten us but has extended covenant faithfulness to us. He has done this in the sight of the king of Persia in order to give us new strength, so we could rebuild our God's house and raise its ruins. He did this so that he could give us a wall of safety in Judah and Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 9:33You are just in everything that has come on us, for you have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.

Psalms 124:6Blessed be Yahweh, 1 who has not allowed us to be torn by their teeth. 1

Isaiah 42:22But this is a people robbed and plundered; 1 they are all trapped in pits, held captive in prisons; 1 they have become a plunder with no one to rescue them, and no one says, “Bring them back!” 1

Jeremiah 25:6So do not walk after other gods to worship them or bow down to them, and do not provoke him with the work of your hands so that he does you harm.'

Ezekiel 37:3He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live again?” So I said, “Lord Yahweh, you alone know.”

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 49:19-24

Encouragement to Zion. ( b. c. 706.) 18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord , thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. 19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. 20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost… Read the whole commentary →

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