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

At that time the Lord will remove their burden from your shoulders, and their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large.

Shake off the dirt! Get up, captive Jerusalem! Take off the iron chains around your neck, O captive daughter Zion!

"For the Lord says, 'Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland.

"The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.

Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.

I will contend

Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated; your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish.

If anyone dares to challenge you, it will not be my doing! Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated.

I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another by your name."

How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?

The person who lives in Zion says, "May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives." Jerusalem says, "May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people."

I will bend Judah as my bow; I will load the bow with Ephraim, my arrow! I will stir up your sons, Zion, against yours, Greece, and I will make you, Zion, like a warrior's sword.

Moreover, on that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy burden for all the nations, and all who try to carry it will be seriously injured; yet all the peoples of the earth will be assembled against it.

Then the Lord will go to battle and fight against those nations, just as he fought battles in ancient days.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

(Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!)

I will save

All your children will be followers of the Lord, and your children will enjoy great prosperity.

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

General references

So a strong nation will extol you; the towns of powerful nations will fear you.

But no one is able to enter a strong man's house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

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.

So if the son sets you free, you will be really free.