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

15“Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you! 16See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins. Soon your descendants will come back, and all who are trying to destroy you will go away. 18Look around you and see, for all your children will come back to you. As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “they will be like jewels or bridal ornaments for you to display. 19“Even the most desolate parts of your abandoned land will soon be crowded with your people. Your enemies who enslaved 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 51:18Not one of your children is left alive to take your hand and guide you.
• Isaiah 62:5Your children will commit themselves to you, O Jerusalem, just as a young man commits himself to his bride. Then God will rejoice over you as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.
• Ezra 1:5Then God stirred the hearts of the priests and Levites and the leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to go to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple of the Lord.
• Nehemiah 2:4The king asked, “Well, how can I help you?” With a prayer to the God of heaven,
• Ezekiel 28:24No longer will Israel’s scornful neighbors prick and tear at her like briers and thorns. For then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.
• Isaiah 49:19“Even the most desolate parts of your abandoned land will soon be crowded with your people. Your enemies who enslaved you will be far away.
• Isaiah 51:13Yet you have forgotten the Lord, your Creator, the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors? Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies? Where is their fury and anger now? It is gone!

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