For the Lord has redeemed Israel from those too strong for them.
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.
- BSB For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.
- 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.
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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, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
- Isa 48:20Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing announce this, tell it even to the end of the earth: say, “Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
- Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
- Isa 49:24Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
- Jer 15:21“I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.”
- Ps 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.
- Matt 20:28even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
- Luke 11:21–22“When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.
- Matt 12:29Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
- Heb 2:14–15Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had 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! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
- Matt 22:29But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
- Jer 50:33Yahweh of Armies says: “The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together. All who took them captive hold them fast. They refuse to let them go.
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