Isaiah 49:24
Good News Translation
Can you take away a soldier's loot? Can you rescue the prisoners of a tyrant?

New Revised Standard Version
Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?

Contemporary English Version
Is it possible to rescue victims from someone strong and cruel?

New American Bible
Can plunder be taken from a warrior, or captives rescued from a tyrant?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Shall the prey be taken from the strong? or can that which was taken by the mighty, be delivered?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Shall the prey be taken from the strong? or can that which was taken by the mighty, be delivered?

shall

Ezekiel 37:3,11 And he said to me: Son of man, dost thou think these bones shall live and I answered: O Lord God, thou knowest. . . .

prey

Isaiah 42:22 But this is a people that is robbed and wasted: they are all the snare of young men, and they are hid in the houses of prisons: they are made a prey, and there is none to deliver them: a spoil, and there is none that saith: Restore.

Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many, and hath prayed for the transgressors.

Psalm 124:6,7 Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth. . . .

Psalm 126:1-3 A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted. . . .

Matthew 12:29 Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and then he will rifle his house.

Luke 11:21,22 When a strong man armed keepeth his court, those things are in peace which he possesseth. . . .

lawful captive.

Ezra 9:9,13 For we are bondmen, and in our bondage our God hath not forsaken us, but hath extended mercy upon us before the king of the Persians, to give us life, and to set up the house of our God, and to rebuild the desolations thereof, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem. . . .

Nehemiah 9:33,37 And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly. . . .

Jeremiah 25:6-9,11-14 And go not after strange gods to serve them, and adore them: nor provoke me to wrath by the works of your hands, and I will not afflict you. . . .

Context
You are My Servant
23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nurses: they shall worship thee with their face toward the earth, and they shall lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, for they shall not be confounded that wait for him. 24Shall the prey be taken from the strong? or can that which was taken by the mighty, be delivered?25For thus saith the Lord: Yea verily, even the captivity shall be taken away from the strong: and that which was taken by the mighty, shall be delivered. But I will judge those that have judged thee, and thy children I will save.…
Cross References
Matthew 12:29
Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and then he will rifle his house.

Mark 3:27
No man can enter into the house of a strong man and rob him of his goods, unless he first bind the strong man, and then shall he plunder his house.

Luke 11:21
When a strong man armed keepeth his court, those things are in peace which he possesseth.

Isaiah 5:29
Their roaring like that of a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea they shall roar, and take hold of the prey, and they shall keep fast hold of it, and there shall be none to deliver it.

Nahum 2:13
Behold I come against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn thy chariots even to smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey out of the land, and the voice of thy messengers shall be heard no more.

Isaiah 49:23
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