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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Soon your descendants will come back, and all who are trying to destroy you will go away.

Context of Isaiah 49:17

15“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! 16See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. Your children hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you. 18Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them on, like a bride. 19“Though you were ruined and made desolate and your land laid waste, now you will be too small for your people, 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 51:18Among all the children she bore there was none to guide her; among all the children she reared there was none to take her by the hand.
• Isaiah 62:5As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.
• Ezra 1:5Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites—everyone whose heart God had moved—prepared to go up and build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
• Nehemiah 2:4The king said to me, “What is it you want?” Then I prayed to the God of heaven,
• Ezekiel 28:24“ ‘No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbors who are painful briers and sharp thorns. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.
• Isaiah 49:19“Though you were ruined and made desolate and your land laid waste, now you will be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.
• Isaiah 51:13that you forget the Lord your Maker, who stretches out the heavens and who lays the foundations of the earth, that you live in constant terror every day because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction? For where is the wrath 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