Isaiah 49:26
ContextNETBible | 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 |
XREF | Jud 7:22; Ps 9:16; Ps 58:10,11; Ps 83:18; Isa 9:20; Isa 41:14-20; Isa 45:6; Isa 60:16; Eze 39:7; Re 14:20; Re 15:3,4; Re 16:6; Re 17:6 |
NET © Notes |
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. |