Isaiah 49:24
22 This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
25 Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
- KJV
- Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
- WEB
- Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
- ASV
- Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
- DARBY
- Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? and shall he that is rightfully captive be delivered?
- BLB
- Can the prey be taken from the mighty one, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
- ÅB
- Kan vel noen ta hærfanget fra en kjempe, eller kan fangene slippe fra den som de med rette[^1] tilhører?
- OTB
- Kan bytte tas fra krigere, eller fanger frigjøres fra de sterke?
- B1930
- Kan vel nogen ta hærfanget fra en kjempe, eller kan fangene slippe fra den som de med rette tilhører? / < JER 25, 9; 27, 5-8.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 11:21–22
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.
Read in contextPsalms 124:6–7
Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
Read in contextMatthew 12:29
Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
Read in contextEzekiel 37:3
Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”
Read in contextIsaiah 42:22
But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
Read in contextEzra 9:13
After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
Read in contextPsalms 126:1–3
When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
Read in contextEzra 9:9
Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
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