“ Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawfulf captive delivered? ”
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 pro...
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.
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 te...
the prey. Reference to Pentateuch ( Numbers 31:11 ; Numbers 31:12 ; Numbers 31:26 ; Numbers 31:27 ; Numbers 31:32 ). Occurs elsewhere only in the next verse and Psalms 22:15 . mighty . a mig...
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 mig...
DISCOURSE: 954 DESPONDING FEARS REMOVED Isaiah 49:24-26 . 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...
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? Shall the prey be taken from the mighty "Shall the prey seized by the terrible be rescued" - For צדיק tsaddik, read עריץ arit...
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 th...
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...
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...
CHAPTER XXI DOUBTS IN THE WAY Isaiah 49:1-26 - 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 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...
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)....
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 th...
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 peopl...
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 wo...
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 Babylo...
Encouragement to Zion. B. C. 706. 24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the l...
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, h...
The Despair of the People And Their Final Hope ( Isaiah 49:14-26 ). The picture now reverts. Yahweh's call to them was to be His Servant, but instead they are sitting moaning on the ground. Here t...
THE PREY TAKEN FROM THE MIGHTY Isaiah 49:24-26 . 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 a...
Isaiah 49:1-3 . 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...
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...
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, t...
SECTION III . THE MISSION OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD ( CH . 49-53). EXPOSITION The connection of the present section is especially with Isaiah 42:1-23 , where the mission of...
The Glorification of Zion by Jehovah's Servant
Ezekiel 37:11 ; Ezekiel 37:3 ; Ezra 9:13 ; Ezra 9:9 ; Isaiah 42:22 ; Isaiah 53:12 ; Jeremiah 25:11-14 ; Jeremiah 25:6-9 ; Luke 11:21 ; Luke 11:22 ; Matthew 12:29 ; Nehemiah 9:33 ; Nehemi...
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.