24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful
24 Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant
24 Can plunder be retrieved from a giant, prisoners of war gotten back from a tyrant?
24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, Or the captives of the righteous be delivered?
24 Who can snatch the plunder of war from the hands of a warrior? Who can demand that a tyrant let his captives go?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 49:24
Commentary on Isaiah 49:24-26
(Read Isaiah 49:24-26)
We were lawful captives to the justice of God, yet delivered by a price of unspeakable value. Here is an express promise: Even the prey of the terrible shall be delivered. We may here view Satan deprived of his prey, bound and cast into the pit; and all the powers that have combined to enslave, persecute, or corrupt the church, are destroyed; that all the earth may know that our Saviour and Redeemer is Jehovah, the mighty One of Jacob. And every effort we make to rescue our fellow-sinners from the bondage of Satan, is, in some degree, helping forward that great change.