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Isaiah 49:25 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 25. 25But 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.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah turns or qualifies the movement with “But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey…” at Isaiah 49:25 inside “Captives Are Rescued from the Mighty.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 49:24–26
Read Isaiah 49:25 with 49:24–26. By itself, “But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: A question about lawful prey receives the promise that captives and children will be recovered and oppressors will consume their own violence.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Isaiah 49:24–26, not an independent maxim. The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah turns or qualifies the movement with “But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey…” at Isaiah 49:25 inside “Captives Are Rescued from the Mighty.”
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Isaiah 49:24–26 — Captives Are Rescued from the MightySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 49:24–26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 49:24–26 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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