49:17 Your children hurry back,
while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.
49:25 Indeed,” says the Lord,
“captives will be taken from a warrior;
spoils will be rescued from a conqueror.
I will oppose your adversary
and I will rescue your children.
49:26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh;
they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. 1
Then all humankind 2 will recognize that
I am the Lord, your deliverer,
your protector, 3 the powerful ruler of Jacob.” 4
1 sn Verse 26a depicts siege warfare and bloody defeat. The besieged enemy will be so starved they will their own flesh. The bloodstained bodies lying on the blood-soaked battle site will look as if they collapsed in drunkenness.
2 tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB).
3 tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
4 tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Jacob.” See 1:24.