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24 Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty,
    or the lawful captives be delivered?
25 But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away,
    and the plunder retrieved from the fierce,
for I will contend with him who contends with you
    and I will save your children.
26 I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh;
    and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine.
Then all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior
    and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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24 Who can snatch the plunder of war from the hands of a warrior?
    Who can demand that a tyrant[a] let his captives go?
25 But the Lord says,
“The captives of warriors will be released,
    and the plunder of tyrants will be retrieved.
For I will fight those who fight you,
    and I will save your children.
26 I will feed your enemies with their own flesh.
    They will be drunk with rivers of their own blood.
All the world will know that I, the Lord,
    am your Savior and your Redeemer,
    the Mighty One of Israel.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 49:24 As in Dead Sea Scrolls, Syriac version, and Latin Vulgate (also see 49:25); Masoretic Text reads a righteous person.
  2. 49:26 Hebrew of Jacob. See note on 14:1.