Isaiah 49:9

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

Young's Literal Translation

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 Jehovah: 'In a time of good pleasure I answered thee, And in a day of salvation I helped thee, And I keep thee, and give thee, For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.

10They do not hunger, nor thirst, Nor smite them doth mirage and sun, For He who is pitying them doth lead them, And by fountains of waters doth tend them.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:54'And if he is not redeemed in these [years], then he hath gone out in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him.

Psalms 22:26The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.

Psalms 69:33For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.

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

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

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