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Isaiah 49:24-26

The emancipation of Israel is here regarded as having to be effected by force, and Jehovah pledges His omnipotence to the task. The bright picture of Isaiah 49:22 does not touch the gravest difficulty of the situation, the formidable power and settled hostility of Babylon.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 49:24. _SHALL THE PREY BE TAKEN FROM THE MIGHTY_ - "Shall the prey seized by the terrible be rescued"] For צדיק _tsaddik_, read עריץ _arits_. A palpable mistake, like that in Isaiah 42:1...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SHALL THE PREY BE TAKEN FROM THE MIGHTY? - This seems to be the language of Zion. It is not exactly the language of incredulity; it is the language of amazement and wonder. God had made great promises...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. THE SERVANT OF JEHOVAH, HIS SUFFERING AND HIS GLORY (49-57) CHAPTER 49 The Servant of Jehovah and His Mission 1. _The servant speaks of himself (Isaiah 49:1)_ 2. _He complains of failure (Isaiah...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 49:22 TO ISAIAH 50:3. THE PROMISES TO ZION ELABORATED AND CONFIRMED. At a sign from Yahweh the nations shall with solicitous care bring back the exiles to Zion. Kings and queens shall tend them...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE PREY. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 31:11; Numbers 31:12; Numbers 31:26; Numbers 31:27;...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 954 DESPONDING FEARS REMOVED Isaiah 49:24. Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    OR THE LAWFUL CAPTIVE DELIVERED?— _Or the captive company of the rigorous_ or _terrible one be delivered?_ [read עריצ _orits_ for צדיק _zadik,_ with St. Jerome.] Isaiah 49:25. _Yea, thus saith the Lor...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    d. DELIVERED SOCIETY TEXT: Isaiah 49:22-26 22 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in their...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? SHALL THE PREY - Israel, long a prey to mighty Gentile nations, whose oppression of her shall reach its highest point under...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The *Lord will take practical action to bring back the people’s original situation....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 49 ‘MY SPECIAL SERVANT’ In the Book of Isaiah, the meaning of ‘my (that is, the *Lord’s...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SHALL THE PREY BE TAKEN...? — The question is asked by Zion in her little faith. The next phrase, “lawful captive,” literally “captive of righteousness,” may mean, (1) as in the Authorised version a c...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֲ יֻקַּ֥ח מִ גִּבֹּ֖ור מַלְקֹ֑וחַ וְ אִם

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXI DOUBTS IN THE WAY Isaiah 49:1 - Isaiah 52:12 Chapter S 49-53 are, as we have seen, a series of more or less closely joined passages, in which the prophet, having already made the politic...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE LORD CANNOT FORGET HIS OWN Isaiah 49:14-26 These assurances were given to the chosen race on the eve of their return from Babylon. They were timid and reluctant to quit the familiar scenes of the...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We now commence the section in which the Prince of Peace is most clearly seen. He is revealed first as sustained through suffering (Chapter s 49-53), and then as singing in triumph (Chapter s 54-57)....

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Shall the prey be (d) taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? (d) He makes this as an objection as though the Chaldeans were strong, and had them in just possession....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Strong. Can I force the Babylonians to yield? Surely, and the devil also, Luke xi. 21. --- Mighty. Hebrew, "just," in lawful war. Septuagint, "unjustly."_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The greatness of the blessings promised in this Chapter, being so wonderful in themselves, and so much beyond all possible expectation to the people, who were to be made happy in the possession of the...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    24._Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? _Having solved, in the former verse, an objection which might occur to the mind of believers, he now confirms that solution still more; for it might have b...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The Messiah is brought in, for it is He who delivers. But it is a question apart, so to say. The subject of Christ, and of the people's guilt with respect to Him, begins with chapter 49, which, with t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SHALL THE PREY BE TAKEN FROM THE MIGHTY,.... This is an objection to the accomplishment of what is predicted and promised above, taken from the power of the enemy, and his right to detain the people;...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?_ Ver. 24. _Shall the prey be taken from the mighty?_] Not unless he be out matched and over mastered. The heathens were wont...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Shall the prey be taken from the mighty_ Here an objection is started against the forementioned promises, probably, 1st, Against the promise of the release of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Glorification of Zion by Jehovah's Servant...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Shall the prey be taken from the mighty or the lawful captive, the entire band of captives, DELIVERED? this being the somewhat dubious question put by the more timid, who see nothing of the promised d...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE LAWFUL CAPTIVE: _ Heb._ the captivity of the just...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 Sata...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SHALL THE PREY BE TAKEN FROM THE MIGHTY? here he starteth an objection against the forementioned promises: How can God's church be delivered, when she is become a prey to, and is in the hands of, her...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 49:24 prey H4455 taken H3947 (H8714) mighty H1368 captives H7628 righteous H6662 delivered H4422 (H8735)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DESPAIR OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR FINAL HOPE (ISAIAH 49:14). The picture now reverts. Yahweh's call to them was to be His Servant, but instead they are sitting moaning on the ground. Here the pictur...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 49:24. _Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?_ Yes, this shall happen when God makes bare his arm, and stretches it forth to rescue his captive people. Isa...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 49:13. _Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains; for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted._ When God blesses hi...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 49:1. _Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken, ye people from, far; The LORD hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. And he hath made my mouth...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Israel's coming Redeemer. Preservation and restoration of Israel and judgment on oppressors. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: God, of old, promised a Redeemer to His people who would al...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 49:1. _Listen, oh isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people from far._ The Hebrews reckoned among the isles, not only those of Greece, but the gentile nations generally, who are represented as wai...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _They shall not hunger nor thirst_ PROMISE OF CHRIST TO HIS PEOPLE The people of God are represented as a flock of sheep travelling under the care of their good shepherd, in the heat of summer, thro...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Shall the prey be taken from the mighty?_ DELIVERANCE FROM BONDAGE AND DEATH I. THE STATE OF FALLEN MAN IS ONE OF MISERY AND BONDAGE. 1. Misery because he is the prey of a mighty tyrant, the devil...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 49:24 The people’s skeptical question in v. Isaiah 49:24 is answered by the Lord’s strong assertion in vv....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE PREY TAKEN FROM THE MIGHTY Isaiah 49:24. _Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? &c._ The history of God’s love to His people is a ground of encouragement and hope to the Church in all aftertim...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION III. THE MISSION OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD (CH. 49-53). EXPOSITION The connection of the present section is especially with Isaiah 42:1, where the mission of the Servant of Jehovah was f

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 49, we have a fabulous prophecy of Jesus Christ in the first seven verses as God speaks of the Redeemer that He is sending. Listen, O coasts, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far;...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 37:11; Ezekiel 37:3; Ezra 9:13; Ezra 9:9; Isaiah 42:22;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Shall the prey — Here is a double impediment to their deliverance, the power of the enemy who kept them in bondage, and the justice of God which pleads against their deliverance....

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