Ecclesiasticus 14:2

Nova Vulgata

Et tenebunt eos populi et adducent eos in locum suum; et possidebit eos domus Israel super terram Domini in servos et ancillas; et erunt capientes eos, qui se ceperant, et subicient exactores suos.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Et tenebunt eos populi, et adducent eos in locum suum ; et possidebit eos domus Isra�l super terram Domini in servos et ancillas : et erunt capientes eos qui se ceperant, et subjicient exactores suos.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Et tenebunt eos populi,
et adducent eos in locum suum;
et possidebit eos domus Isra�l
super terram Domini
in servos et ancillas:
et erunt capientes eos qui se ceperant,
et subjicient exactores suos.]

Bible Verse Review
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and the house: Isaiah 18:7, Isaiah 60:9-12, Isaiah 61:5, Ezra 2:65, Romans 15:27, 2 Corinthians 8:4, 2 Corinthians 8:5, Galatians 5:13

and they: Psalms 68:18, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Ephesians 4:8

whose captives they were: Heb. that had taken them captives, they shall rule over Isaiah 60:14, Jeremiah 30:16, Daniel 7:18, Daniel 7:25-27, Zechariah 14:2, Zechariah 14:3, Revelation 3:9, Revelation 11:11-18, Revelation 18:20-24

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:44 - General Leviticus 25:46 - And ye shall Numbers 31:18 - keep alive for yourselves Judges 5:12 - lead 1 Samuel 4:9 - as they have Esther 9:1 - though it was turned Isaiah 24:21 - the Lord Isaiah 45:14 - in chains Jeremiah 25:14 - many Jeremiah 30:7 - but Ezekiel 34:27 - when I Ezekiel 39:10 - shall spoil Joel 3:8 - your sons Amos 9:12 - possess Obadiah 1:17 - possess Micah 5:6 - they Micah 5:9 - hand Zechariah 2:9 - and they Revelation 13:10 - that leadeth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place,.... That is, the people among whom the Jews dwelt in Babylon, who had a kindness for them, and especially such of them as were proselyted to their religion should attend them in their journey home, and supply them with all necessaries for provision and carriage, as they were allowed to do by the edict of Cyrus, Ezra 1:4 and this will have a further accomplishment in the latter day, when the Gentiles shall bring their sons and daughters in their arms, and on their shoulders, and on horses, and in chariots, to Jerusalem, Isaiah 49:21 which last passage Kimchi refers to, as explanative of this:

and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord, for servants and handmaids; by the "land of the Lord" is meant the land of Israel, which was peculiarly his; for though the whole earth is his, yet he chose this above all others for the place of his worship, under the former dispensation; and where his son, in the fulness of time, should appear in human nature, preach the Gospel, perform miracles, and work out the salvation of his people; and where his feet shall stand at the latter day, when he comes to judge the world; this is the same with Immanuel's land, Isaiah 8:8 hither many of the Chaldeans coming along with the Jews, and having embraced their religion, chose rather to be servants and handmaids to them, than to return to their own land, and who were a kind of inheritance or possession to the Jews; though some think that these were such as they bought of the Babylonians, that came with them to be their servants, and not they themselves. It may be understood of Gentile converts in Gospel times, who would willingly and cheerfully engage in the service of the church of God, and by love serve his people, and one another. Kimchi explains this clause by Isaiah 61:5:

and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors: that is, the Babylonians, who had carried the Jews captive, should be taken captives by them, and made slaves of; which might be true of those they bought of them, when they returned to their own land; or, as some think, this had its accomplishment in the times of the Maccabees, when they conquered many people, who before had carried them captive, and oppressed them; and in a spiritual and mystical sense has been fulfilled in the times of the Gospel, through the spread of it in the Gentile world, by the ministry of the apostles, who were Jews; by which means many of the nations of the world were brought to the obedience of Christ and his church.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the people shall take them - That is, the people in Babylon.

And bring them to their place - That is, they shall attend them to the land of Judea, and aid in restoring them to their own country. There is reference here, doubtless, to the fact that Cyrus would assist them (compare Ezra 1:1-11), and that many of the inhabitants of Chaldea who would become proselytes, would be willing to accompany them to their own land.

And the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord - Not in a foreign land, and among strangers and foes, but in their own land, and among the institutions of their own religion. They would be willing to return with them, and occupy a humble place among them, as servants, for the sake of enjoying the privileges of the true religion. It was a matter of course among the Hebrews, that proselytes would be regarded as occupying a less elevated place in society than native-born Jews.

And they shall take them captive ... - That is, they shall induce them to become proselytes; to be willing to accompany them to their own homes, and to become their servants there. It does not mean that they would subdue them by force; but they would be able, by their influence there, to disarm their opposition; and to induce them to become the friends of their religion.

And they shall rule over their oppressors - This is one instance where the people of God would show that they could disarm their oppressors by a mild and winning demeanour, and in which they would be able to induce others to join with them. Such would be the force of their example and conduct, of their conversation and of their deportment, even in the midst of proud and haughty Babylon, that their oppressors would be won to embrace the religion of their captives. If, in proud and haughty Babylon, those who loved the Lord could thus do good; if, when they were “captives,” they could have such an influence over their haughty masters, where is there a place in which the friends of God may not be useful by their example, their conversation, and their prayers?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 14:2. For servants and handmaids — For thrallis and thrallesses. - OLD BIBLE. Male and female slaves.