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24 Can the wealth a soldier wins in war be taken away from him?
    Can a prisoner be freed from a powerful soldier?
25 This is what the Lord says:
“The prisoners will be taken from the strong soldiers.
    What the soldiers have taken will be saved.
I will fight your enemies,
    and I will save your children.
26 I will force those who trouble you to eat their own flesh.
    Their own blood will be the wine that makes them drunk.
Then everyone will know
    I, the Lord, am the One who saves you;
    I am the Powerful One of Jacob who saves you.”

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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