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Isaiah 51:14
14The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
Isaiah 51:14 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)The cowering prisoners will soon be set free; they will not die in their dungeon, nor will they lack bread.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He who is bowed down shall speedily be released; he shall not die and go down to the pit, neither shall his bread be lacking.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed, That he should not die in the pit, And that his bread should not fail.
Context of Isaiah 51:14
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? 13But 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. 15For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name. 16I 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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מִהַ֥ר צֹעֶ֖ה לְהִפָּתֵ֑חַ וְלֹא־יָמ֣וּת לַשַּׁ֔חַת וְלֹ֥א יֶחְסַ֖ר לַחְמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 51:14
- Isaiah 48:20Leave 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!”
- Isaiah 52:2Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.
- Ezra 1:5So 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.
- Acts 12:7Suddenly 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.
- Jeremiah 37:16So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
- Jeremiah 38:6So 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.
- Lamentations 3:53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
- Zechariah 9:11As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
Commentaries on Isaiah 51:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed "He marcheth on with speed, who cometh to set free the captive" - Cyrus, if understood of the temporal redemption from the captivity of Babylon; in the spiritual sense, the Messiah, who comes to open the prison to them that are bound.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The captive exile - Lowth renders this, evidently very improperly, He marcheth on with speed who cometh to set the captive free;‘ and supposes that it refers to Cyrus, if understood of the temporal redemption from the captivity at Babylon; in the spiritual sense, to the Messiah. But the meaning evidently is, that the exile who had been so long as it were enchained in Babylon, was about to be set free, and that the time was very near when the captivity was…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 The people whom Christ has redeemed with his blood, as well as by his power, will obtain joyful deliverance from every enemy. He that designs such joy for us at last, will he not work such deliverance in the mean time, as our cases require? In this world of changes, it is a short step from joy to sorrow, but in that world, sorrow shall never come in view. They prayed for the display of God's power; he answers them with consolations of his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The exile in Babylon brought harsh conditions like imprisonment, starvation, and death.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. captive exile--literally, one bowed down as a captive (Is 10:4) [Maurer]. The scene is primarily Babylon, and the time near the close of the captivity. Secondarily, and antitypically, the mystical Babylon, the last enemy of Israel and the Church, in which they have long suffered, but from which they are to be gloriously delivered. pit--such as were many of the ancient dungeons (compare Jr 38:6, 11, 13; Ge 37:20). nor ... bread ... fail--(Is 33:16; Jr…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 51
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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