Isaiah 49:25

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

23Then kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens will nurse you. They will bow in front of you with their faces touching the ground. They will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord. Those who wait with hope for me will not be put to shame. 24Can loot be taken away from mighty men or prisoners be freed from conquerors? This is what the Lord says: Prisoners will be freed from mighty men. Loot will be taken away from tyrants. I will fight your enemies, and I will save your children. 26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they will become drunk on their own blood as though it were new wine. Then all humanity will know that I am the Lord, who saves you, the Mighty One of Jacob, who reclaims you.

Isaiah 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 10:27At that time their burden will be removed from your shoulders. Their yoke will be removed from your neck. The yoke will be torn away because you have grown fat.
• Isaiah 52:2Shake the dust from yourselves. Get up, captive Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains around your neck, captive people of Zion.
• Jeremiah 29:10This is what the Lord says: When Babylon’s 70 years are over, I will come to you. I will keep my promise to you and bring you back to this place.
• Jeremiah 50:17“The people of Israel are like scattered sheep that lions have chased. The first to devour them was the king of Assyria. The last to gnaw at their bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
• Zechariah 9:11I will set your captives free from the waterless pit because of the blood that sealed my promise to you.
• Hebrews 2:14Since all of these sons and daughters have flesh and blood, Jesus took on flesh and blood to be like them. He did this so that by dying he would destroy the one who had power over death (that is, the devil).
• 1 John 3:8The person who lives a sinful life belongs to the devil, because the devil has been committing sin since the beginning. The reason that the Son of God appeared was to destroy what the devil does.
• Isaiah 41:11“Everyone who is angry with you will be ashamed and disgraced. Those who oppose you will be reduced to nothing and disappear.
• Isaiah 54:15“If anyone attacks you, it will not be my doing. Whoever attacks you will be defeated by you.
• Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse. Through you every family on earth will be blessed.”
• Numbers 23:8How can I curse those whom God hasn’t cursed? How can I condemn those whom the Lord hasn’t condemned?
• Jeremiah 51:35The people who live in Zion say, “May the violence done to us be done to Babylon.” Jerusalem says, “May the people of Babylon be held responsible for our deaths.”
• Zechariah 9:13I will bend Judah as my bow and draw my bow with Ephraim ⌞as its arrow⌟. I will stir up your people, Zion, against your people, Greece, and I will use you like a warrior’s sword.
• Zechariah 12:3On that day I will make Jerusalem a stone too heavy for all the nations to lift. All who try to lift it will be severely injured. All the nations in the world will gather ⌞to fight⌟ against Jerusalem.”
• Zechariah 14:3Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as he does when he fights a battle.
• Romans 8:31What can we say about all of this? If God is for us, who can be 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