Isa 51:14 | JFB | STEP | 14. captive exile-- literally, one bowed down as a captive ( ) [Maurer]. The scene is primarily Babylon, and the time near the close of the captivity. Secondarily, and antitypically, the mystical Babylon, the last enemy of Israel and the Church, in which they have long suffered, but from which they are to be gloriously delivered. pit-- such as were many of the ancient dungeons (compare , ; ). nor ... bread ... fail-- ( ; ).

‏ Isaiah 51:14

14. captive exile--literally, one bowed down as a captive (Is 10:4) [Maurer]. The scene is primarily Babylon, and the time near the close of the captivity. Secondarily, and antitypically, the mystical Babylon, the last enemy of Israel and the Church, in which they have long suffered, but from which they are to be gloriously delivered.

pit--such as were many of the ancient dungeons (compare Jr 38:6, 11, 13; Ge 37:20).

nor ... bread ... fail--(Is 33:16; Jr 37:21).