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Isaiah 49:9

Salvation

7 Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

8 This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

10 They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

11 I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

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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.

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BSB
to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
KJV
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.
WEB
saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.
ASV
saying to them that are bound, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.
DARBY
saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills.
BLB
to say to the prisoners, ‘Go forth!’ To those in the darkness, ‘Be uncovered!’ Along the pathways they will graze, and on all the bare slopes [will be] their pastures.
ÅB
og si til de fangne: Gå ut! - til dem som er i mørket: Kom fram! På veiene skal de beite, og på alle de bare hauger skal det være beitemark for dem.
OTB
for å si til fangene, ‘Kom ut,’ og til dem i mørket, ‘Vis dere.’ De skal beite ved veiene og finne beite på alle øde høyder.
B1930
og si til de fangne: Gå ut! - til dem som er i mørket: Kom frem! På veiene skal de beite, og på alle de bare hauger skal det være beitemark for dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Peter 2:9

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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  • Isaiah 42:16

    I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

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  • Isaiah 42:7

    to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

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  • Luke 4:18

    “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

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  • Psalms 69:33

    For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

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  • Isaiah 61:1

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

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  • Zechariah 9:11–12

    As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

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  • Isaiah 9:2

    The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

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