isaiah 51:14

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Isaiah 51:14

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody
Isaiah 51:14
Verse 14 of 23

Scripture focus

The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

Isaiah 51:14KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 51:14

Theological / Devotional

The captive exile. The first clause of the verse reads literally, “speedily the one bowing down shall be released.” Dead Sea scroll 1QIs reads “the distressed one” instead of “the one bowing down.”

Die in the pit. Egypt was once the “pit” in which Israel languished. Similarly, for a time, Babylon was to hold them fast. But no power on earth can thwart God’s purpose to deliver His own when the time comes for their release. For the “pit” as a place of imprisonment see Gen. 37:20; Isa. 24:22; Zech. 9:11. For the same Hebrew word translated “dungeon” see Gen. 40:15; Jer. 38:6.

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