Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 49:25
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.
Isaiah 49:25 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)But this is what the Lord says: “Yes, captives will be taken from warriors, and plunder retrieved from the fierce; I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For thus says the Lord: "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken, and the prey of the tyrant be rescued, for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But thus says the Lord: “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, And the prey of the terrible be delivered; For I will contend with him who contends with you, And I will save your children.
Context of Isaiah 49:25
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. 24Can the prey be taken from a mighty man, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered? For 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.”
Read all of Isaiah 49Isaiah 49:25 word by word
כִּי־כֹ֣ה׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה גַּם־שְׁבִ֤י גִבּוֹר֙ יֻקָּ֔ח וּמַלְק֥וֹחַ עָרִ֖יץ יִמָּלֵ֑ט וְאֶת־יְרִיבֵךְ֙ אָנֹכִ֣י אָרִ֔יב וְאֶת־בָּנַ֖יִךְ אָנֹכִ֥י אוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- But thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- Even the captivesשְׁבִיshebîy · captivityH7628
- of the mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
- shall be taken awayלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- and the preyמַלְקוֹחַmalqôach · preyH4455
- of the terribleעָרִיץ‛ârîyts · ruthlessH6184
- shall be deliveredמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
- for I will contendרִיבrîyb rûb · to contendH7378
- with him that contendethיָרִיבyârîyb · opponentH3401
- with thee, and I will saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
- thy childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
Cross-references for Isaiah 49:25
- Isaiah 10:27On that day his burden will fall from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
- Isaiah 52:2Stand up, shake the dust off yourself! Take your seat, Jerusalem. Remove the bonds from your neck, captive Daughter Zion.”
- Jeremiah 29:10For this is what the Lord says: “When seventy years for Babylon are complete, I will attend to you and will confirm my promise concerning you to restore you to this place.
- Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions. The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria; the last who crushed his bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
- Zechariah 9:11As for you, because of the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless cistern.
- Hebrews 2:14Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death — that is, the devil —
- 1 John 3:8The one who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the devil’s works.
- Isaiah 41:11Be sure that all who are enraged against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will become as nothing and will perish.
- Isaiah 54:15If anyone attacks you, it is not from me; whoever attacks you will fall before you.
- Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you, I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt, and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you.
- Numbers 23:8How can I curse someone God has not cursed? How can I denounce someone the Lord has not denounced?
- Jeremiah 51:35Let the violence done to me and my family be done to Babylon,” says the inhabitant of Zion. “Let my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 9:13For I will bend Judah as my bow; I will fill that bow with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece. I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
- Zechariah 12:3On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who try to lift it will injure themselves severely when all the nations of the earth gather against her.
- Zechariah 14:3Then the Lord will go out to fight against those nations as he fights on a day of battle.
- Romans 8:31What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
Commentaries on Isaiah 49:25
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25But thus saith the Lord - The meaning of this verse is, that however difficult or impracticable this might seem to be, yet it should be done. The captives taken by the terrible and the mighty should be rescued, and should be restored to their own land. Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away - Margin, as Hebrew, The captivity of the mighty.‘ That which could not have been rescued by any ordinary means. The language here refers undoubtedly to…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. 25The Lord is like a warrior who fights to protect his children, as promised to Abraham (Genesis 12:3; see also Isaiah 54:15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. (Is 53:12; Psa 68:18; Col 2:15). contend with him, &c.--(Is 54:17).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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