For I am with you, to save you, and to deliver you out of the hand of wicked [men]; and I will ransom you out of the hand of pestilent [men].

Thus says the Lord: The children of Israel and the children of Judah have been oppressed. All those that have taken them captive have oppressed them together, for they would not let them go.

Rejoice, you heavens; for God has had mercy upon Israel; sound the trumpet, you foundations of the earth; you mountains, shout [with] joy, you hills, and all the trees therein; for God has redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.

Go forth of Babylon, you that flee from the Chaldeans; utter aloud a voice of joy, and let this be made known, proclaim it to the end of the earth; say, The Lord has delivered His servant Jacob.

Will anyone take spoils from a giant? And if one should take [a man] captive unjustly, shall he be delivered?

I will deliver [them] out of the power of Hades, and will redeem them from death. O death, where is your punishment? O Hades, where is your sting? Comfort is hidden from My eyes.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life [as] a ransom for many."

who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself a people as [His] own possession, zealous for good works.

Therefore since the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same things, in order that through death He might destroy the [one] having the power of death, that is, the devil,

and that He might set free these, as many as by fear of death through all of their lives, were subject to bondage.

Attend to my supplication, for I am brought very low; deliver me from them that persecute me; for they are stronger than I.

Or how is one able to enter a strong [man's] house to plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong [man]? And then he will plunder his household.

Jesus answered and said to them, "You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are in peace.

But when a stronger [than] he comes upon [him], he overcomes him, he takes away his full armor in which he had trusted, and distributes his spoils.