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24 Can you take away a soldier's loot?
    Can you rescue the prisoners of a tyrant?

25 The Lord replies,

“That is just what is going to happen.
The soldier's prisoners will be taken away,
    and the tyrant's loot will be seized.
I will fight against whoever fights you,
    and I will rescue your children.
26 I will make your oppressors kill each other;
    they will be drunk with murder and rage.
Then all people will know that I am the Lord,
    the one who saves you and sets you free.
They will know that I am Israel's powerful God.”

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24 Can plunder be taken from warriors,(A)
    or captives be rescued from the fierce[a]?

25 But this is what the Lord says:

“Yes, captives(B) will be taken from warriors,(C)
    and plunder retrieved from the fierce;(D)
I will contend with those who contend with you,(E)
    and your children I will save.(F)
26 I will make your oppressors(G) eat(H) their own flesh;
    they will be drunk on their own blood,(I) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know(J)
    that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(K)
    your Redeemer,(L) the Mighty One of Jacob.(M)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint and verse 25); Masoretic Text righteous