Isaiah 49:24

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Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?

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  • Matt 12:29 : 29 How else can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.
  • Luke 11:21-22 : 21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe. 22 But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.
  • Ezra 9:9 : 9 Although we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our servitude. He has extended kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, in that he has revived us to restore the temple of our God and to raise up its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
  • Ezra 9:13 : 13 “Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this.
  • Neh 9:33 : 33 You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. It is we who have been in the wrong!
  • Neh 9:37 : 37 Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, and we are in great distress!
  • Ps 124:6-7 : 6 The LORD deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth. 7 We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.
  • Ps 126:1-3 : 1 A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the well-being of Zion, we thought we were dreaming. 2 At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said,“The LORD has accomplished great things for these people.” 3 The LORD did indeed accomplish great things for us. We were happy.
  • Isa 42:22 : 22 But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says,“Bring that back!”
  • Isa 53:12 : 12 So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels.”
  • Jer 25:6-9 : 6 Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do. Then I will not cause you any harm.’ 7 So, now the LORD says,‘You have not listened to me. But you have made me angry by the things that you have done. Thus you have brought harm on yourselves.’ 8 “Therefore, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘You have not listened to what I said. 9 So I, the LORD, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn.
  • Jer 25:11-14 : 11 This whole area will become a desolate wasteland. These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years.’ 12 “‘But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon an everlasting ruin. I, the LORD, affirm it! 13 I will bring on that land everything that I said I would. I will bring on it everything that is written in this book. I will bring on it everything that Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings will make slaves of the king of Babylon and his nation too. I will repay them for all they have done!’”
  • Ezek 37:3 : 3 He said to me,“Son of man, can these bones live?” I said to him,“Sovereign LORD, you know.”
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to me,“Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying,‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 49:25-26
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    87%

    25Indeed,” says the LORD,“captives will be taken from a warrior; spoils will be rescued from a conqueror. I will oppose your adversary and I will rescue your children.

    26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. Then all humankind will recognize that I am the LORD, your deliverer, your protector, the Powerful One of Jacob.”

  • Isa 49:22-23
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    76%

    22This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“Look I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

    23Kings will be your children’s guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the LORD; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.

  • Isa 42:22
    75%

    22But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says,“Bring that back!”

  • Jer 30:16
    74%

    16But all who destroyed you will be destroyed. All your enemies will go into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered. I will cause those who pillaged you to be pillaged.

  • Jer 50:33-34
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    33The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,“The people of Israel are oppressed. So too are the people of Judah. All those who took them captive are holding them prisoners. They refuse to set them free.

    34But the one who will rescue them is strong. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. He will strongly champion their cause. As a result he will bring peace and rest to the earth, but trouble and turmoil to the people who inhabit Babylonia.

  • Isa 33:23
    73%

    23Though at this time your ropes are slack, the mast is not secured, and the sail is not unfurled, at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot; even the lame will drag off plunder.

  • Isa 14:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Israel will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the LORD’s land. They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them.

    3When the LORD gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,

  • Isa 60:16
    73%

    16You will drink the milk of nations; you will nurse at the breasts of kings. Then you will recognize that I, the LORD, am your deliverer, your protector, the Powerful One of Jacob.

  • Isa 51:14
    73%

    14The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

  • Isa 5:29
    72%

    29Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

  • Ezek 38:12
    72%

    12to loot and plunder, to attack the inhabited ruins and the people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center of the earth.”

  • Jer 15:21
    72%

    21“I will deliver you from the power of the wicked. I will free you from the clutches of violent people.”

  • Isa 22:17
    72%

    17Look, the LORD will throw you far away, you mere man! He will wrap you up tightly.

  • Isa 1:24
    72%

    24Therefore, the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the Powerful One of Israel, says this:“Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies.

  • Isa 49:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8This is what the LORD says:“At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, to rebuild the land and to reassign the desolate property.

    9You will say to the prisoners,‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons,‘Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

  • Isa 24:22
    72%

    22They will be imprisoned in a pit, locked up in a prison, and after staying there for a long time, they will be punished.

  • Amos 2:14
    71%

    14Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.

  • Job 6:23
    71%

    23Or‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?

  • Prov 22:23
    71%

    23for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.

  • Jer 50:24
    71%

    24I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured.

  • Jer 50:10
    71%

    10Babylonia will be plundered. Those who plunder it will take all they want,” says the LORD.

  • Isa 42:24
    71%

    24Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the LORD, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.

  • Isa 49:17
    71%

    17Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.

  • Jer 39:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17But I will rescue you when it happens. I, the LORD, affirm it! You will not be handed over to those whom you fear.

    18I will certainly save you. You will not fall victim to violence. You will escape with your life because you trust in me. I, the LORD, affirm it!”’”

  • Hab 2:7
    70%

    7Your creditors will suddenly attack; those who terrify you will spring into action, and they will rob you.

  • Zeph 3:19
    70%

    19Look, at that time I will deal with those who mistreated you. I will rescue the lame sheep and gather together the scattered sheep. I will take away their humiliation and make the whole earth admire and respect them.

  • 2 Chr 28:11
    70%

    11Now listen to me! Send back those you have seized from your brothers, for the LORD is very angry at you!”

  • Num 23:24
    70%

    24Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”

  • Jer 50:44
    70%

    44“A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Babylonians off of their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me. There is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler that can stand up against me.

  • 2 Sam 22:44
    70%

    44You rescue me from a hostile army; you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

  • Jer 49:39
    70%

    39“Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam’s ill fortune,” says the LORD.

  • Jer 31:11
    69%

    11For the LORD will rescue the descendants of Jacob. He will secure their release from those who had overpowered them.

  • Isa 10:2
    69%

    2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

  • Jer 49:11
    69%

    11Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.”

  • Ezek 23:46
    69%

    46“For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder.

  • Amos 5:9
    69%

    9He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)

  • Jer 49:19
    69%

    19“A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Edomites off their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me, and there is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler who can stand up against me.

  • Ps 35:10
    69%

    10With all my strength I will say,“O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”

  • Mic 6:14
    69%

    14You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.

  • Isa 51:22-23
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    69%

    22This is what your Sovereign LORD, even your God who judges his people says:“Look, I have removed from your hand the cup of intoxicating wine, the goblet full of my anger. You will no longer have to drink it.

    23I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you,‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’ You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you.”

  • Amos 1:15
    69%

    15Ammon’s king will be deported; he and his officials will be carried off together.” The LORD has spoken!

  • Ps 82:4
    69%

    4Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

  • Obad 1:21
    69%

    21Those who have been delivered will go up on Mount Zion in order to rule over Esau’s mountain.Then the LORD will reign as King!