Isaiah 49:26

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD addresses Israel, specifically Jacob, immediately after promising to rescue captives and contend with those who oppose them.

The words — `מוֹנַיִךְ` (mo.Na.yi/kh) identifies the oppressors, while `בְּשָׂרָם` (be.sa.Ra/m) specifies that they will consume their own flesh.

The thread — The theme of covenantal rescue and judicial reversal appears in Isaiah 41:14 and Isaiah 9:4, while the motif of futile consumption is noted in Isaiah 9:20.

Why it lands — The text requires observers to acknowledge the LORD’s exclusive role as Savior and Redeemer through the complete reversal of the oppressors' fate.

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The Hebrew words

וְהַאֲכַלְתִּ֤יve./ha.'a.khal.Tiand/ I will cause to eat אֶת־'et-<obj.>מוֹנַ֙יִךְ֙mo.Na.yi/kh[those who] maltreat/ you אֶת־'et-<obj.>בְּשָׂרָ֔םbe.sa.Ra/mown flesh/ their וְכֶעָסִ֖יסve./khe./'a.Sisand/ like <the>/ sweet wine דָּמָ֣םda.Ma/mown blood/ their יִשְׁכָּר֑וּןyish.ka.Ru/nthey will become drunk/ !וְיָדְע֣וּve./ya.de.'Uand/ they will know כָל־khol-all בָּשָׂ֗רba.Sarflesh כִּ֣יkithat אֲנִ֤י'a.NiI יְהוָה֙Yah.weh[am] Yahweh מֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֔ךְmo.shi.'E/khdeliverer/ your וְגֹאֲלֵ֖ךְve./go.'a.Le/khand/ redeemer/ your אֲבִ֥יר'a.Vir[the] mighty one of יַעֲקֹֽב׃ סya.'a.KoJacob

King James Version

And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

Cross-references

Isaiah 9:20 They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
Isaiah 41:14 Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 9:4 For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
Revelation 16:6 For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
Psalms 9:16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
Isaiah 43:3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
Isaiah 60:16 You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Ezekiel 39:7 So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
Psalms 58:10 The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Judges 7:22 And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.