Isaiah 49:24
22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
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 and thy 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 armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
Read in contextPsalms 124:6–7
Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Read in contextMatthew 12:29
Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
Read in contextEzekiel 37:3
And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:22
But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
Read in contextEzra 9:13
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
Read in contextPsalms 126:1–3
When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
Read in contextEzra 9:9
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
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