Isa 49:24 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 24. Shall the prey be taken from the mighty -"Shall the prey seized by the terrible be rescued"] For tsaddik , read arits . A palpable mistake, like that in . The correction is self-evident from the very terms of the sentence; from the necessity of the strict correspondence in the expressions between the question and the answer made to it,-and it is apparent to the blindest and most prejudiced eye. However, if authority is also necessary, there is that of the Syriac and Vulgate for it; who plainly read arits , in as well as in , rendering it in the former place by the same word as in the latter.-L. These two last verses contain a glorious promise of deliverance to the persecuted Church of Christ from the terrible one-Satan, and all his representatives and vicegerents, persecuting antichristian rulers. They shall at last cease from destroying the Church of God, and destroy one another.

‏ Isaiah 49:24

Verse 24. Shall the prey be taken from the mighty-"Shall the prey seized by the terrible be rescued"] For tsaddik, read arits. A palpable mistake, like that in Isa 42:19. The correction is self-evident from the very terms of the sentence; from the necessity of the strict correspondence in the expressions between the question and the answer made to it,-and it is apparent to the blindest and most prejudiced eye. However, if authority is also necessary, there is that of the Syriac and Vulgate for it; who plainly read arits, in Isa 49:24 as well as in Isa 49:25, rendering it in the former place by the same word as in the latter.-L.

These two last verses contain a glorious promise of deliverance to the persecuted Church of Christ from the terrible one-Satan, and all his representatives and vicegerents, persecuting antichristian rulers. They shall at last cease from destroying the Church of God, and destroy one another.