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Isaiah 51:14

Salvation

12 “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

13 But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?

The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.

15 For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name.

16 I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

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BSB
The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
KJV
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
WEB
The captive exile will speedily be freed. He will not die and go down into the pit. His bread won’t fail.
ASV
The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die [and go down] into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
DARBY
He that is bowed down shall speedily be loosed, and he shall not die in the pit, nor shall his bread fail.
BLB
The one crouching hastens to be released, that he should not die in the pit, and [that] his bread should not should be lacking.
ÅB
Snart skal den som ligger i lenker, bli løst, han skal ikke dø og gå i graven, og han skal ikke mangle sitt brød.
OTB
De bortførte vil snart bli satt fri; de vil ikke dø i sitt fangehull, og de vil ikke mangle brød.
B1930
Snart skal den som ligger i lenker, bli løst, han skal ikke dø og gå i graven, og han skal ikke mangle sitt brød.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 48:20

    Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”

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  • Zechariah 9:11

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

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  • Isaiah 52:2

    Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

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  • Acts 12:7–8

    Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

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  • Isaiah 49:10

    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.

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  • Ezra 1:5

    So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.

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  • Jeremiah 38:6–13

    So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

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  • Lamentations 3:53–54

    They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

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