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Isaiah 49

Isa. 49:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That thou mayest say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
to the prisoners
'acar (Hebrew #631)
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
KJV usage: bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.
Pronounce: aw-sar'
Origin: a primitive root
z, Go forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
; to them that are in darkness
choshek (Hebrew #2822)
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Pronounce: kho-shek'
Origin: from 2821
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galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
yourselves. They shall feed
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
in the ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
, and their pastures
mir`iyth (Hebrew #4830)
pasturage; concretely, a flock
KJV usage: flock, pasture.
Pronounce: meer-eeth'
Origin: from 7462 in the sense of feeding
shall be in all high places
shphiy (Hebrew #8205)
bareness; concretely, a bare hill or plain
KJV usage: high place, stick out.
Pronounce: shef-ee'
Origin: from 8192
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Zech. 9:12• 12Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; (Zech. 9:12)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1 Peter 2:9)

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Isa. 42:7• 7To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. (Isa. 42:7)
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Isa. 61:1• 1The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; (Isa. 61:1)
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Psa. 69:33• 33For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. (Psa. 69:33)
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Psa. 102:20• 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; (Psa. 102:20)
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Psa. 107:10‑16• 10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
 11Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
 12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help.
 13Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
 15Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
 16For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. (Psa. 107:10‑16)
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Psa. 146:7• 7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners: (Psa. 146:7)
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Zech. 9:11‑12• 11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
 12Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; (Zech. 9:11‑12)
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Luke 4:18• 18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, (Luke 4:18)
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Col. 1:13• 13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: (Col. 1:13)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1 Peter 2:9)
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Isa. 9:2• 2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. (Isa. 9:2)
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Isa. 42:16• 16And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. (Isa. 42:16)
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Isa. 60:1‑2• 1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
 2For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. (Isa. 60:1‑2)
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Luke 1:79• 79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1:79)
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John 8:12• 12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)
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Acts 26:18• 18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. (Acts 26:18)
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2 Cor. 4:4‑6• 4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
 5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
 6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:4‑6)
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Eph. 5:8,14• 8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. (Eph. 5:8,14)
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1 Thess. 5:5‑6• 5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
 6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. (1 Thess. 5:5‑6)
They shall feed.
Isa. 5:17• 17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. (Isa. 5:17)
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Isa. 55:1‑2• 1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
 2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. (Isa. 55:1‑2)
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Isa. 65:13• 13Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: (Isa. 65:13)
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Psa. 22:26• 26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. (Psa. 22:26)
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Psa. 23:1‑2• 1<<A Psalm of David.>> The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
 2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. (Psa. 23:1‑2)
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Ezek. 34:13‑15,23,29• 13And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
 14I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
 15I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.
 23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
 29And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. (Ezek. 34:13‑15,23,29)
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Joel 3:18• 18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim. (Joel 3:18)
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John 6:53‑58• 53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
 54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
 55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
 56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
 57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
 58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. (John 6:53‑58)
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John 10:9• 9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. (John 10:9)
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Deut. 32:13• 13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; (Deut. 32:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hillsg.

JND Translation Notes

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See Jer. 3.2. "heights."