Isaiah 51:14

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

12I — I am the one who comforts you. Who are you that you should fear humans who die, or a son of man who is given up like grass? 13But you have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You are in constant dread all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, who has set himself to destroy. But where is the fury of the oppressor? The prisoner is soon to be set free; he will not die and go to the Pit, and his food will not be lacking. 15For I am the Lord your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar — his name is the Lord of Armies. 16I have put my words in your mouth, and covered you in the shadow of my hand, in order to plant the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, “You are my people.”

Isaiah 51:14 word by word

מִהַ֥ר צֹעֶ֖ה לְהִפָּתֵ֑חַ וְלֹא־יָמ֣וּת לַשַּׁ֔חַת וְלֹ֥א יֶחְסַ֖ר לַחְמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The captive exileצָעָהtsâ‛âh · stoopH6808
• hastenethמָהַרmâhar · to hastenH4116
• that he may be loosedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• and that he should not dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in the pitשַׁ֫חַתshachath · Pit: hellH7845
• nor that his breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• should failחָסֵרchâsêr · to lackH2637

Cross-references for Isaiah 51:14

• Isaiah 48:20Leave Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with a shout of joy, proclaim this, let it go out to the end of the earth; announce, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
• Isaiah 52:2Stand up, shake the dust off yourself! Take your seat, Jerusalem. Remove the bonds from your neck, captive Daughter Zion.”
• Ezra 1:5So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites — everyone whose spirit God had roused — prepared to go up and rebuild the Lord’s house in Jerusalem.
• Acts 12:7Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side, he woke him up and said, “Quick, get up!” And the chains fell off his wrists.
• Jeremiah 37:16So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and stayed there many days.
• Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
• Lamentations 3:53They smothered my life in a pit and threw stones on me.
• Zechariah 9:11As for you, because of the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless cistern.

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

Topics related to Isaiah 51:14

• Captive
• Church
• Forgetting God

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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