Isa 49:9-10 | NETfull | STEP | You will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons, ‘Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

Isaiah 49:9-10

9 You will say ^{▼▼ Heb “to say.” In the Hebrew text the infinitive construct is subordinated to what precedes.} to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
and to those who are in dark dungeons, ^{▼▼ Heb “in darkness” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “the prisoners of darkness.”} ‘Emerge.’ ^{▼▼ Heb “show yourselves” (so ASV, NAB, NASB).}
They will graze beside the roads;
on all the slopes they will find pasture.
10 They will not be hungry or thirsty;
the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, ^{▼▼ Heb “and the heat and the sun will not strike them.” In Isa 35:7, its only other occurrence in the OT, שָׁרָב (sharav) stands parallel to “parched ground” and in contrast to “pool.” In later Hebrew and Aramaic it refers to “dry heat, heat of the sun” (Jastrow 1627 s.v.). Here it likely has this nuance and forms a hendiadys with “sun.”}
for one who has compassion on them will guide them;
he will lead them to springs of water.