Isaiah 49:24
Other Translations of Isaiah 49:24
King James Version
24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful
English Standard Version
24 Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant
The Message
24 Can plunder be retrieved from a giant, prisoners of war gotten back from a tyrant?
New King James Version
24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, Or the captives of the righteous be delivered?
New Living Translation
24 Who can snatch the plunder of war from the hands of a warrior? Who can demand that a tyrant let his captives go?
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 49:24
Commentary on Isaiah 49:24-26
(Read Isaiah 49:24-26)
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 every effort we make to rescue our fellow-sinners from the bondage of Satan, is, in some degree, helping forward that great change.