Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 49:24
24Can the prey be taken from a mighty man, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
Isaiah 49:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
- New International Version (NIV)Can plunder be taken from warriors, or captives be rescued from the fierce?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, Or the captives of the righteous be delivered?
Context of Isaiah 49:24
22This is what the Lord God says: Look, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and raise my banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders. 23Kings will be your guardians and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who put their hope in me will not be put to shame. Can the prey be taken from a mighty man, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered? 25For this is what the Lord says: “Even the captives of a mighty man will be taken, and the prey of a tyrant will be delivered; I will contend with the one who contends with you, and I will save your children. 26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they will be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. Then all humanity will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
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הֲיֻקַּ֥ח מִגִּבּ֖וֹר מַלְק֑וֹחַ וְאִם־שְׁבִ֥י צַדִּ֖יק יִמָּלֵֽט׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 49:24
- Ezekiel 37:3Then he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I replied, “Lord God, only you know.”
- Isaiah 42:22But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in holes or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them and loot, with no one saying, “Give it back!”
- Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will give him the many as a portion, and he will receive the mighty as spoil, because he willingly submitted to death, and was counted among the rebels; yet he bore the sin of many and interceded for the rebels.
- Psalms 124:6Blessed be the Lord, who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.
- Psalms 126:1When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
- Matthew 12:29How can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
- Luke 11:21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.
- Ezra 9:9Though we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has extended grace to us in the presence of the Persian kings, giving us relief, so that we can rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 9:33You are righteous concerning all that has happened to us, because you have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
- Jeremiah 25:6Do not follow other gods to serve them and to bow in worship to them, and do not anger me by the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.
Commentaries on Isaiah 49:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty "Shall the prey seized by the terrible be rescued" - For צדיק tsaddik, read עריץ arits . A palpable mistake, like that in Isaiah 42:19. The correction is self-evident from the very terms of the sentence; from the necessity of the strict correspondence in the expressions between the question and the answer made to it, - and it is apparent to the blindest and most prejudiced eye. However, if authority is also…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? - This seems to be the language of Zion. It is not exactly the language of incredulity; it is the language of amazement and wonder. God had made great promises. He had promised a restoration of the captive Jews to their own land, and of their complete deliverance from the power of the Chaldeans. He had still further promised that the blessings of the true religion should be extended to the Gentiles, and that kings…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-26Verses 24-26 We were lawful captives to the justice of God, yet delivered by a price of unspeakable value. Here is an express promise: Even the prey of the terrible shall be delivered. We may here view Satan deprived of his prey, bound and cast into the pit; and all the powers that have combined to enslave, persecute, or corrupt the church, are destroyed; that all the earth may know that our Saviour and Redeemer is Jehovah, the mighty One of Jacob. And…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24be snatched … be delivered: The people considered it nearly impossible that they would be rescued from their oppressors.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. the prey--Israel, long a prey to mighty Gentile nations, whose oppression of her shall reach its highest point under Antichrist (Da 11:36, 37, 41, 45). lawful captive--the Jews justly consigned for their sins (Is 50:1) as captives to the foe. Secondarily, Satan and Death are "the mighty" conquerors of man, upon whom his sin give them their "lawful" claim. Christ answers that claim for the sinners, and so the captive is set free (Job 19:25; 14:14; Mt…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 49
- 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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