Isaiah 49:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

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  • Matt 12:29 : 29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
  • Luke 11:21-22 : 21 When a strong man, armed, guards his palace, his goods are in peace: 22 But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.
  • Ezra 9:9 : 9 For we were bondservants, yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, to repair its desolations, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
  • Ezra 9:13 : 13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass, seeing that You our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such deliverance as this;
  • Neh 9:33 : 33 However, You are just in all that has come upon us; for You have done right, but we have acted wickedly.
  • Neh 9:37 : 37 And it yields much increase to the kings You have set over us because of our sins; also, they have dominion over our bodies and our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
  • Ps 124:6-7 : 6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
  • Ps 126:1-3 : 1 When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. 2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then they said among the nations, The LORD has done great things for them. 3 The LORD has done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
  • Isa 42:22 : 22 But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them trapped in holes, and they are hidden in prison houses: they are for a prey, and no one delivers; for a plunder, and no one says, 'Restore.'
  • Isa 53:12 : 12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
  • Jer 25:6-9 : 6 And do not go after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and do not provoke me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no harm.' 7 Yet you have not listened to Me, says the LORD; that you might provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands to your own harm. 8 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts; Because you have not heard My words, 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
  • Jer 25:11-14 : 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, says the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings shall enslave them also: and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
  • Ezek 37:3 : 3 And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, you know.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off.

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    25But thus says the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.

    26And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

  • Isa 49:22-23
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    22Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

    23And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed who wait for me.

  • Isa 42:22
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    22But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them trapped in holes, and they are hidden in prison houses: they are for a prey, and no one delivers; for a plunder, and no one says, 'Restore.'

  • Jer 30:16
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    16Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; those who plunder you shall become plunder, and all who prey upon you I will give for prey.

  • Jer 50:33-34
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    33Thus says the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all who took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

    34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

  • Isa 33:23
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    23Your tackle is loosed; they could not strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail; then the prey of great plunder is divided, the lame take the prey.

  • Isa 14:2-3
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    2And the people will take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel will possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and maidservants: and they will take them captive, whose captives they were; and they will rule over their oppressors.

    3And it will come to pass in the day that the LORD gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage in which you were made to serve,

  • Isa 60:16
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    16You shall also drink the milk of the Gentiles, and shall nurse at the breast of kings; and you shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

  • Isa 51:14
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    14The captive exile hastens to be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

  • Isa 5:29
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    29Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yes, they shall roar, and seize the prey, and shall carry it away safely, and none shall deliver it.

  • Ezek 38:12
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    12To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn your hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land.

  • Jer 15:21
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    21And I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.

  • Isa 22:17
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    17Behold, the LORD will carry you away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover you.

  • Isa 1:24
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    24Therefore says the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease myself of my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies:

  • Isa 49:8-9
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    8Thus says the LORD, In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you: and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

    9That you may say to the prisoners, Go forth; to those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

  • Isa 24:22
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    22And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days they shall be visited.

  • Amos 2:14
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    14Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not reinforce his strength, neither shall the mighty save himself:

  • Job 6:23
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    23Or Deliver me from the enemy's hand? Or Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

  • Prov 22:23
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    23For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

  • Jer 50:24
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    24I have set a trap for you, and you are also caught, O Babylon, and you were not aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have fought against the LORD.

  • Jer 50:10
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    10And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, says the LORD.

  • Isa 42:24
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    24Who gave Jacob for a plunder, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

  • Isa 49:17
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    17Your children shall make haste; your destroyers and those who made you waste shall go forth from you.

  • Jer 39:17-18
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    17But I will deliver you that day, says the LORD, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.

    18For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but your life shall be as a prize to you, because you have put your trust in me, says the LORD.

  • Hab 2:7
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    7Shall they not rise up suddenly that will bite you, and awake that will vex you, and you shall be for plunder to them?

  • Zeph 3:19
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    19Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict you: and I will save her who is lame, and gather her who was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

  • 2 Chr 28:11
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    11Now hear me therefore, and return the captives, whom you have taken captive of your brethren, for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.

  • Num 23:24
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    24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion and lift himself up like a young lion; he shall not lie down until he eats of the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.

  • Jer 50:44
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    44Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the dwelling of the strong: but I will suddenly make them run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd who will stand before me?

  • 2 Sam 22:44
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    44You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people, you have kept me to be head of the nations: a people whom I knew not shall serve me.

  • Jer 49:39
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    39But it shall come to pass in the last days that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, says the LORD.

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    11For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2To turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the rights from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

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    11Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.

  • Ezek 23:46
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    46For thus says the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be removed and plundered.

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    9That strengthens the plundered against the strong, so that the plundered shall come against the fortress.

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    19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swellings of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him flee away from her; and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? For who is like me? And who will appoint me the time? And who is that shepherd who will stand before me?

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    10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?

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    15And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, says the LORD.

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    4Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

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    21Then deliverers shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mountain of Esau, and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.