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24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

Isaiah 49:24

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 24-26)

Here is, I. An objection started against the promise of the Jews’ release out of their captivity in Babylon, suggesting that it was a thing not to be expected; for (Isa. 49:24) they were a prey in the hand of the mighty, of such as were then the greatest potentates on earth, and therefore it was not likely they should be rescued by force. Yet that was not all: they were lawful captives; by the law...

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