Isaiah 49:25
For thus said Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the terrible is delivered, And with thy striver I strive, and thy sons I save.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
24Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?
Cross References
Genesis 12:3And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'
Numbers 23:8What — do I pierce? — God hath not pierced! And what — am I indignant? — Jehovah hath not been indignant!
Isaiah 14:2And peoples have taken them, And have brought them in unto their place, And the house of Israel have inherited them, On the land of Jehovah, For men-servants and for maid-servants, And they have been captors of their captors, And have ruled over their exactors.
Isaiah 35:4Say to the hastened of heart, 'Be strong, Fear not, lo, your God; vengeance cometh, The recompence of God, He Himself doth come and save you.'
Isaiah 41:12Thou seekest them, and findest them not, The men who debate with thee, They are as nothing, yea, as nothing, The men who war with thee.
Isaiah 52:2Shake thyself from dust, arise, sit, O Jerusalem, Bands of thy neck have loosed themselves, O captive, daughter of Zion.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 49:25-26
Encouragement to Zion. ( b. c. 706.) 24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? 25 But thus saith the Lord , Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour… Read the whole commentary →