For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.
Parallel translations
- WEB For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
- KJV For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
- NKJV For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, And ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he.
- NASB For the Lord has ransomed Jacob And redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
- NLT For the Lord has redeemed Israel from those too strong for them.
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Quick answer
God has ransomed and redeemed Jacob from one stronger than he. Israel's deliverance is an act of divine redemption.
Overview
The language of ransom and redemption pictures God paying the price to free His people from a power they could not overcome. This redemption from Babylon foreshadows the greater redemption accomplished by Christ, who frees His people from the dominion of sin and Satan (Colossians 1:13-14).
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 44:23Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
- Isa 48:20Leave 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!”
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Isa 49:24Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
- Jer 15:21I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
- Ps 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
- Matt 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- Luke 11:21–22When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.
- Matt 12:29Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
- Heb 2:14–15Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
- Hos 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
- Matt 22:29Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
- Jer 50:33This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
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