Isaiah 49:17
New International Version
Your children hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you.

New Living Translation
Soon your descendants will come back, and all who are trying to destroy you will go away.

English Standard Version
Your builders make haste; your destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.

Berean Standard Bible
Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.

King James Bible
Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

New King James Version
Your sons shall make haste; Your destroyers and those who laid you waste Shall go away from you.

New American Standard Bible
“Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will leave you.

NASB 1995
“Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will depart from you.

NASB 1977
“Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will depart from you.

Legacy Standard Bible
Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will depart from you.

Amplified Bible
“Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will go away from you.

Christian Standard Bible
Your builders hurry; those who destroy and devastate you will leave you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your builders hurry; those who destroy and devastate you will leave you.

American Standard Version
Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

Contemporary English Version
"Your city will be built faster than it was destroyed--those who attacked it will retreat and leave.

English Revised Version
Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Your children will hurry back. Those who destroyed you and laid waste to you will leave you.

Good News Translation
"Those who will rebuild you are coming soon, and those who destroyed you will leave.

International Standard Version
Your builders are working faster than your destroyers, and those who devastated you go away from you.

Majority Standard Bible
Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.

NET Bible
Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.

New Heart English Bible
Your builders hurry; your destroyers and those who devastated you shall depart from you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste, shall go forth from thee.

World English Bible
Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Those building you have hurried, "" Those destroying you, and laying you waste, go out from you.

Young's Literal Translation
Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste, go out from thee.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thy sons hastened; they destroying thee and laying thee waste shall come forth from thee.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy builders are come: they that destroy thee and make thee waste shall go out of thee.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Your builders have arrived. Those who would tear you down and destroy you, they will depart from you.

New American Bible
Your children hasten— your levelers, your destroyers go forth from you;

New Revised Standard Version
Your builders outdo your destroyers, and those who laid you waste go away from you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Your sons who caused your destruction and those who laid you waste shall make haste to go forth from you.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Your children, your destroyers and your plunderers shall go out from you quickly
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thy children make haste; Thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt soon be built by those by whom thou were destroyed, and they that made thee desolate shall go forth of thee.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
You are My Servant
16Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me. 17Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you. 18Lift 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.…

Cross References
Isaiah 62:5
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.

Isaiah 54:3
For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.

Isaiah 60:4
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.

Isaiah 51:11
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.

Isaiah 52:1-2
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.

Jeremiah 31:16-17
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.

Zechariah 10:6
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.

Zechariah 9:12
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Ezekiel 36:8-12
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. ...

Ezekiel 37:21-22
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.

Matthew 24:31
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.

Luke 21:28
When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

John 10:16
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.

Romans 11:26-27
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.”

Romans 9:25-26
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.’”


Treasury of Scripture

Your children shall make haste; your destroyers and they that made you waste shall go forth of you.

children

Isaiah 51:18-20
There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up…

Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

Ezra 1:5
Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

haste.

Isaiah 49:19
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.

Isaiah 51:13,22,23
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 is the fury of the oppressor? …

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Isaiah 49
1. Christ being sent to the Jews, complains of them
5. He is sent to the Gentiles with gracious promises
13. God's love is perpetual to his church
18. The ample restoration of the church
24. The powerful deliverance out of captivity














Your builders hasten back
The phrase "Your builders" in Hebrew is "בָּנַיִךְ" (banayik), which can also be translated as "your sons" or "your children." This dual meaning suggests a restoration not only of physical structures but also of the community and family. In the context of Isaiah, this is a prophetic promise of the return of the exiles to Jerusalem. Historically, this reflects the period after the Babylonian exile when the Israelites were allowed to return and rebuild their city and temple. Spiritually, it signifies God's faithfulness in restoring His people and His covenant promises. The word "hasten" implies urgency and eagerness, indicating that this restoration is not only certain but imminent. It reflects God's active involvement in the redemption and rebuilding of His people.

those who laid you waste
The phrase "those who laid you waste" refers to the enemies and oppressors of Israel, historically the Babylonians who destroyed Jerusalem and took the Israelites into exile. The Hebrew root for "laid waste" is "שָׁמֵם" (shamem), which means to desolate or devastate. This highlights the severity of the destruction that had occurred. In a broader spiritual sense, it represents any force or influence that seeks to destroy or diminish the people of God. The mention of these adversaries serves as a contrast to the promise of restoration, emphasizing the complete reversal of fortune that God will bring about for His people.

will depart from you
The phrase "will depart from you" is a promise of deliverance and liberation. The Hebrew root "יָצָא" (yatsa) means to go out or depart, indicating a removal of the oppressive forces that have plagued Israel. This is a reassurance that the period of suffering and desolation is coming to an end. Historically, it points to the decline of Babylonian power and the rise of the Persian Empire, which allowed the Israelites to return home. Spiritually, it symbolizes the removal of sin, guilt, and any spiritual bondage that separates God's people from Him. It is a promise of peace and security, as God Himself intervenes to remove the obstacles to His people's restoration and flourishing.

(17) Thy children shall make haste.--A various reading adopted by the LXX., Targum, and Vulg., gives thy builders. They rush to their work of restoration; the destroyers and ravagers go forth.

Verse 17. - Thy children shall make haste; i.e. "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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Your builders
בָּנָ֑יִךְ (bā·nā·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

hasten back;
מִֽהֲר֖וּ (mi·hă·rū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly

those who laid you waste
מְהָֽרְסַ֥יִךְ (mə·hā·rə·sa·yiḵ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 2040: To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy

will depart.
יֵצֵֽאוּ׃ (yê·ṣê·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim


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