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Isaiah 49:17

Isaiah 49:17
Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thy children shall make haste,.... Regenerate persons, young converts, such as are born again of incorruptible seed by the word; these shall flock to the church,

as doves to the windows; join…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Thy children - The children of Zion - the true people of God. But there is here considerable variety in the interpretation. The Hebrew of the present text is בניך bânâyı̂k (“thy sons”). But Jerome…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 49:13-17

The scope of these verses is to show that the return of the people of God out of their captivity, and the eternal redemption to be wrought out by Christ (of which that was a type), would be great…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Isaiah 49:17-18

Already in vision the prophet sees the return of the exiles and calls on Zion to welcome her sons.

Instead of Thy childrenthe chief ancient Versions, and the important Babylonian Codex have "Thy…