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your destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/49.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/49.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/49.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your sons shall make haste; Your destroyers and those who laid you waste Shall go away from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/49.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will leave you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/49.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will depart from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/49.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will depart from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/49.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will depart from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/49.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will go away from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/49.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your builders hurry; those who destroy and devastate you will leave you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/49.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your builders hurry; those who destroy and devastate you will leave you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/49.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/49.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"Your city will be built faster than it was destroyed--those who attacked it will retreat and leave. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/49.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/49.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your children will hurry back. Those who destroyed you and laid waste to you will leave you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/49.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Those who will rebuild you are coming soon, and those who destroyed you will leave. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/49.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Your builders are working faster than your destroyers, and those who devastated you go away from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/49.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/49.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your builders hurry; your destroyers and those who devastated you shall depart from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/49.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste, shall go forth from thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/49.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/49.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/49.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Those building you have hurried, "" Those destroying you, and laying you waste, go out from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/49.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste, go out from thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/49.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thy sons hastened; they destroying thee and laying thee waste shall come forth from thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/49.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thy builders are come: they that destroy thee and make thee waste shall go out of thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/49.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Your builders have arrived. Those who would tear you down and destroy you, they will depart from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/49.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your children hasten— your levelers, your destroyers go forth from you; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/49.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your builders outdo your destroyers, and those who laid you waste go away from you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/49.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Your sons who caused your destruction and those who laid you waste shall make haste to go forth from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/49.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Your children, your destroyers and your plunderers shall go out from you quickly<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/49.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thy children make haste; Thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/49.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt soon be built by those by whom thou were destroyed, and they that made thee desolate shall go forth of thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/49-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=11100" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/49.htm">You are My Servant</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bā·nā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">Your builders</a> <a href="/hebrew/4116.htm" title="4116: mi·hă·rū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To hasten. A primitive root; properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. to hurry; often used adverbially, promptly.">hasten back;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2040.htm" title="2040: mə·hā·rə·sa·yiḵ (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc:: 2fs) -- To throw down, break or tear down. A primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, &? Destroy.">your destroyers</a> <a href="/hebrew/2717.htm" title="2717: ū·ma·ḥă·ri·ḇa·yiḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mpc:: 2fs) -- To parch, to desolate, destroy, kill. Or chareb; a primitive root; to parch i.e. to desolate, destroy, kill.">and wreckers</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yê·ṣê·’ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">depart</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·mêḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-5.htm">Isaiah 62:5</a></span><br />For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3</a></span><br />For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-4.htm">Isaiah 60:4</a></span><br />Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-11.htm">Isaiah 51:11</a></span><br />So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1-2</a></span><br />Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you. / Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-16.htm">Jeremiah 31:16-17</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy. / So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-6.htm">Zechariah 10:6</a></span><br />I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-12.htm">Zechariah 9:12</a></span><br />Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Ezekiel 36:8-12</a></span><br />But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home. / For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown. / I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Ezekiel 37:21-22</a></span><br />you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land. / I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a></span><br />And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-28.htm">Luke 21:28</a></span><br />When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-16.htm">John 10:16</a></span><br />I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-26.htm">Romans 11:26-27</a></span><br />And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. / And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-25.htm">Romans 9:25-26</a></span><br />As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” / and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Your children shall make haste; your destroyers and they that made you waste shall go forth of you.</p><p class="hdg">children</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-18.htm">Isaiah 51:18-20</a></b></br> <i>There is</i> none to guide her among all the sons <i>whom</i> she hath brought forth; neither <i>is there any</i> that taketh her by the hand of all the sons <i>that</i> she hath brought up… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/62-5.htm">Isaiah 62:5</a></b></br> For <i>as</i> a young man marrieth a virgin, <i>so</i> shall thy sons marry thee: and <i>as</i> the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, <i>so</i> shall thy God rejoice over thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/1-5.htm">Ezra 1:5</a></b></br> Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all <i>them</i> whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which <i>is</i> in Jerusalem.</p><p class="hdg">haste.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Isaiah 49:19</a></b></br> For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-13.htm">Isaiah 51:13,22,23</a></b></br> And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where <i>is</i> the fury of the oppressor? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/127-1.htm">Builders</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-13.htm">Building</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-19.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-10.htm">Depart</a> <a href="/songs/2-15.htm">Destroyers</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-11.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/nahum/2-2.htm">Devastators</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-13.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-4.htm">Hasten</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-4.htm">Hastened</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-12.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">Hurry</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-13.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-13.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-21.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/54-13.htm">Builders</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-12.htm">Building</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-20.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Depart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-12.htm">Destroyers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/nahum/2-2.htm">Devastators</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-21.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-12.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-5.htm">Hasten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Hastened</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-25.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/joel/3-11.htm">Hurry</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-14.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 49</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-1.htm">Christ being sent to the Jews, complains of them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-5.htm">He is sent to the Gentiles with gracious promises</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-13.htm">God's love is perpetual to his church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm">The ample restoration of the church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-24.htm">The powerful deliverance out of captivity</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/49.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/49.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Your builders hasten back;</b><br>This phrase suggests a time of restoration and rebuilding. In the context of Isaiah, this is a prophetic promise to the people of Israel, who were facing exile and destruction. The "builders" symbolize those who will restore the nation, both physically and spiritually. Historically, this can be linked to the return of the exiles from Babylon under leaders like Zerubbabel and Ezra, who were instrumental in rebuilding Jerusalem and the Temple. This also foreshadows the ultimate restoration through Jesus Christ, who is seen as the cornerstone and builder of the spiritual temple, the Church (<a href="/ephesians/2-20.htm">Ephesians 2:20-22</a>).<p><b>your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.</b><br>This part of the verse indicates a divine intervention where those who have caused harm and destruction will be removed. In the historical context, this refers to the end of foreign oppression, particularly the Babylonian captivity. Theologically, it reflects God's promise to protect and preserve His people, removing their enemies. This can be connected to the broader biblical theme of God as a deliverer, as seen in Exodus with the departure of the Egyptians. In a prophetic sense, it points to the ultimate victory over sin and evil through Christ, who defeats the spiritual enemies of humanity (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-24.htm">1 Corinthians 15:24-26</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied during a time of great turmoil and change for the nation of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecy. At this time, Israel was experiencing the consequences of their disobedience to God, including exile and destruction.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/builders.htm">Builders</a></b><br>Symbolically refers to those who will restore and rebuild Israel, both physically and spiritually.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/destroyers.htm">Destroyers</a></b><br>Those who have caused harm and devastation to Israel, likely referring to foreign nations and oppressors.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/exile.htm">Exile</a></b><br>The historical context of this passage, where the Israelites were taken captive and their land was laid waste by foreign powers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_promise_of_restoration.htm">God's Promise of Restoration</a></b><br>Despite current circumstances, God promises to restore and rebuild what has been destroyed. This is a reminder of His faithfulness and sovereignty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_times_of_desolation.htm">Hope in Times of Desolation</a></b><br>Even when life seems desolate and broken, God assures us that He will bring restoration. We can trust in His timing and plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_builders.htm">The Role of Builders</a></b><br>God uses people to accomplish His purposes. We are called to be builders in His kingdom, participating in His work of restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/departure_of_oppressors.htm">Departure of Oppressors</a></b><br>Just as God promises that those who laid waste will depart, we can trust that He will remove obstacles and oppressors in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_rebuilding.htm">Spiritual Rebuilding</a></b><br>Beyond physical restoration, God desires to rebuild us spiritually. We should seek His guidance in areas of our lives that need renewal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_49.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 49</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/gad's_visions_and_prophecies.htm">What does the Bible say about Damascus's destruction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_isaiah_17_1_say_damascus_is_destroyed.htm">How can Isaiah 17:1 claim Damascus would be destroyed if it remains one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_isaiah_49_3's_'israel'_inconsistent.htm">In Isaiah 49:3, the servant is called 'Israel,' but elsewhere seems a single individual--does this create an internal inconsistency?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_destroying_his_vineyard_contradict_love.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7: Does God's destruction of His own vineyard contradict the idea of a loving and merciful deity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/49.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">Thy children shall make haste.</span>--A various reading adopted by the LXX., Targum, and Vulg., gives <span class= "ital">thy builders. </span>They rush to their work of restoration; the destroyers and ravagers go forth.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/49.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thy children shall make haste</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "thy exiled children shall hasten, when the appointed time comes, to return to Zion, and rebuild its temple and towers and walls." At the same time, thy destroyers and they that have made thee waste, who are regarded as still carrying on their devastations, shall leave thee and go forth of thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/49-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Your builders</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּנָ֑יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·nā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hasten back;</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽהֲר֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(mi·hă·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4116.htm">Strong's 4116: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those who laid you waste</span><br /><span class="heb">מְהָֽרְסַ֥יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·hā·rə·sa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2040.htm">Strong's 2040: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will depart.</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵצֵֽאוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yê·ṣê·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/49-17.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 49:17 Your children make haste (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/49-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 49:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 49:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 49:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 49:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>