Isaiah 49:25-26
New Catholic Bible
25 Thus says the Lord:
Even a warrior’s captives can be rescued,
and booty can be retrieved from a tyrant.
I myself will contend with those who oppose you,
and I will deliver your children.
26 I will force your oppressors to eat their own flesh,
and they will become drunk on their own blood
as if with wine.
Then all mankind will know
that I, the Lord, am your Savior
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Isaiah 49:25-26
New English Translation
25 Indeed,” says the Lord,
“captives will be taken from a warrior;
spoils will be rescued from a conqueror.
I will oppose your adversary
and I will rescue your children.
26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh;
they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine.[a]
Then all humankind[b] will recognize that
I am the Lord, your Deliverer,
your Protector,[c] the Powerful One of Jacob.”[d]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:26 sn Verse 26a depicts siege warfare and bloody defeat. The besieged enemy will be so starved they will eat their own flesh. The bloodstained bodies lying on the blood-soaked battle site will look as if they collapsed in drunkenness.
- Isaiah 49:26 tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB).
- Isaiah 49:26 tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
- Isaiah 49:26 tn Or “the Mighty One of Jacob.” See 1:24.
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