Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
captive exile—literally, one bowed down as a captive (Isaiah 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 Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 38:11, Jeremiah 38:13; Genesis 37:20).
nor . . . bread . . . fail— (Isaiah 33:16; Jeremiah 37:21).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 51:14:
Isaiah 27:13
Zechariah 9:11
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