Isaiah 49:9 “to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show y…”

Isaiah 49:9

to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

World English Bible

saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

That thou maiest say to the prisoners, Goe foorth: and to them that are in darkenesse, Shewe your selues: they shall feede in the waies, and their pastures shall bee in all the toppes of the hilles.

Darby Translation

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 hills.

Young's Literal Translation

To say to the bound, Go out, To those in darkness, Be uncovered. On the ways they feed, And in all high places is their pasture.

Bible in Basic English

Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.

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Cross references

“to the”

Isaiah 42:7 1 Peter 2:9 Luke 4:18 Isaiah 61:1 Psalm 69:33 Psalm 102:20

Isaiah 42:7 · BSB

to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

1 Peter 2:9 · BSB

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Luke 4:18 · BSB

“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

Isaiah 61:1 · BSB

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

Psalm 69:33 · BSB

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

Psalm 102:20 · BSB

to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

“to them”

Isaiah 42:16 Isaiah 9:2 Luke 1:79 John 8:12 2 Corinthians 4:4–6 Ephesians 5:8

Isaiah 42:16 · BSB

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not for…

Isaiah 9:2 · BSB

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

Luke 1:79 · BSB

to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

John 8:12 · BSB

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

2 Corinthians 4:4–6 · BSB

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Ephesians 5:8 · BSB

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

“They shall feed”

Isaiah 5:17 Isaiah 65:13 Psalm 22:26 Ezekiel 34:13–15 Ezekiel 34:23 Ezekiel 34:29

Isaiah 5:17 · BSB

Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

Isaiah 65:13 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

Psalm 22:26 · BSB

The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

Ezekiel 34:13–15 · BSB

I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.

Ezekiel 34:23 · BSB

I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

Ezekiel 34:29 · BSB

And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.

“high”

Deuteronomy 32:13

Deuteronomy 32:13 · BSB

He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

Also

Isaiah 41:18

Isaiah 41:18 · BSB

I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

10They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

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