Isaiah 51:14

Modern

The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.

Traditional

The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

Literal

The one crouching hastens to be released, that he should not die in the pit, and that his bread should not should be lacking.

Latin

Cito veniet gradiens ad aperiendum; et non interficiet usque ad internecionem, nec deficiet panis ejus.

Hebrew

English

The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.

The exile in Babylon brought harsh conditions like imprisonment, starvation, and death.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 48:20
Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
Zechariah 9:11
As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
Isaiah 52:2
Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.
Acts 12:7–8
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
Isaiah 49:10
They 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.
Ezra 1:5
So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 38:6–13
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
Lamentations 3:53–54
They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
Jeremiah 37:16
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.