Isaiah 49:17

Isaiah 49:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
• New International Version (NIV)Your children hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your builders make haste; your destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your sons shall make haste; Your destroyers and those who laid you waste Shall go away from you.

Context of Isaiah 49:17

15Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you! 16Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are constantly before me. Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart. 18Look all around you! All of them gather to you. As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “you will certainly wear all of them like jewelry; you will put them on as if you were a bride. 19Yes, your land lies in ruins; it is desolate and devastated. But now you will be too small to hold your residents, and those who devoured you will be far away.

Isaiah 49:17 word by word

מִֽהֲר֖וּ בָּנָ֑יִךְ מְהָֽרְסַ֥יִךְ וּמַחֲרִבַ֖יִךְ מִמֵּ֥ךְ יֵצֵֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• shall make hasteמָהַרmâhar · to hastenH4116
• thy destroyersהָרַסhâras · to overthrowH2040
• and they that made thee wasteחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to destroyH2717
• shall go forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318

Cross-references for Isaiah 49:17

• Isaiah 51:18There was no one to lead her among all the children she bore; there was no one to take her by the hand among all the children she raised.
• Isaiah 62:5As a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
• Ezra 1:5Then the leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.
• Nehemiah 2:4The king responded, “What is it you are seeking?” Then I quickly prayed to the God of heaven
• Ezekiel 28:24“‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.
• Isaiah 49:19Yes, your land lies in ruins; it is desolate and devastated. But now you will be too small to hold your residents, and those who devoured you will be far away.
• Isaiah 51:13Why do you forget the Lord, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?

Commentaries on Isaiah 49:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Thy children shall make haste "They that destroyed thee shall soon become thy builders" - Auctor Vulgatae pro בניך banayich, videtur legisse בוניך bonayich, unde vertit, structores tui; cui et Septuaginta fere consentiunt, qui verteruntͅ, aedificata es, prout in Plantiniana editione habetur; in Vaticana sive Romana legitur, ͅ, aedificaberis. Hisce etiam Targum Jonathanis aliquatenus consentit, ubi, et aedificabunt. Confer infra Esai. Isaiah 54:13, ad quem…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Thy children - The children of Zion - the true people of God. But there is here considerable variety in the interpretation. The Hebrew of the present text is בניך bânâyı̂k (“thy sons”). But Jerome reads it, Structores tui - Thy builders;‘ as if it were בונין . The Septuagint renders it, Thou shalt be speedily built ( ̀ ̓́ͅ tachu oikodomēthēsē ) by those by whom thou hast been destroyed.‘ The Chaldee renders it, Those that rebuild thy waste places…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 Let there be universal joy, for God will have mercy upon the afflicted, because of his compassion; upon his afflicted, because of his covenant. We have no more reason to question his promise and grace, than we have to question his providence and justice. Be assured that God has a tender affection for his church and people; he would not have them to be discouraged. Some mothers do neglect their children; but God's compassions to his people…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Thy children--Israel (Is 49:20, 21; Is 43:6). Jerome reads, for "Thy children," "Thy builders"; they that destroyed thee shall hasten to build thee. haste--to rebuild thy desolate capital. shall go forth--Thy destroyers shall leave Judea to Israel in undisturbed possession.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