Isaiah 49:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But thus saith 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 that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

Even

1 John 3:8

I will contend

I will save

Isaiah 54:13

Galatians 4:26

General references

Bible References

Even

On that day
his burden will fall from your shoulders,
and his yoke from your neck.
The yoke will be broken because of fatness.

Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!
Take your seat, Jerusalem.
Remove the bonds from your neck,
captive Daughter Zion.”

For this is what the Lord says: “When 70 years for Babylon are complete, I will attend to you and will confirm My promise concerning you to restore you to this place.

Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions.
The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria;
the last one who crushed his bones
was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

As for you,
because of the blood of your covenant,
I will release your prisoners
from the waterless cistern.

Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of death—that is, the Devil—

The one who commits sin is of the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the Devil’s works.

I will contend

Be sure that all who are enraged against you
will be ashamed and disgraced;
those who contend with you
will become as nothing and will perish.

If anyone attacks you,
it is not from Me;
whoever attacks you
will fall before you.

I will bless those who bless you,
I will curse those who treat you with contempt,
and all the peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.

How can I curse someone God has not cursed?
How can I denounce someone the Lord has not denounced?

says the inhabitant of Zion;
“Let the violence done to me and my family be done to Babylon.
Let my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
says Jerusalem.

For I will bend Judah as My bow;
I will fill that bow with Ephraim.
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
against your sons, Greece.

I will make you like a warrior’s sword.

On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who try to lift it will injure themselves severely when all the nations of the earth gather against her.

Then the Lord will go out to fight against those nations as He fights on a day of battle.

What then are we to say about these things?
If God is for us, who is against us?

Rejoice over her, heaven,
and you saints, apostles, and prophets,
because God has executed your judgment on her!

I will save

Then all your children will be taught by the Lord,
their prosperity will be great,

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

General references

Therefore, a strong people will honor You.
The cities of violent nations will fear You.

“On the other hand, no one can enter a strong man’s house and rob his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he will rob his house.

But when one stronger than he attacks and overpowers him, he takes from him all his weapons

he trusted in, and divides up his plunder.

Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.