Isaiah 49:25

Salvation Protection and safety God's power and sovereignty Parents and children

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.”

²⁴ Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

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.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: But the LORD says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.
ASV: But thus saith Jehovah, 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.
DARBY: For thus saith Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will strive with him that striveth with thee, and I will save thy children.
BLB: For thus says YHWH: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the prey of a tyrant will be given escape; and your contender I will contend with, and your sons I will save.

ÅB: Ja! For så sier Herren: Både skal fangene tas fra kjempen, og voldsmannens hærfang slippe unna, og med din motpart vil jeg gå i rette, og dine barn vil jeg frelse.
OTB: Men dette sier Herren: “Ja, fanger kan tas fra krigere, og bytte kan hentes fra de sterke; jeg vil stride mot dem som strider mot deg, og dine barn vil jeg frelse.
B1930: Ja! For så sier Herren: Både skal fangene tas fra kjempen, og voldsmannens hærfang slippe unda, og med din motpart vil jeg gå i rette, og dine barn vil jeg frelse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 54:15–17
If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
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Isaiah 35:4
Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
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Isaiah 41:11–12
Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
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Jeremiah 50:33–34
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
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Isaiah 54:13
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
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Romans 8:31–39
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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Zechariah 14:12
And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
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Isaiah 10:27
On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
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