Isaiah 49:22-26

New International Version

²²This is what the Sovereign Lord^(A) says:

“See, I will beckon to the nations,
    I will lift up my banner^(B) to the peoples;
they will bring^(C) your sons in their arms
    and carry your daughters on their hips.^(D)
²³Kings^(E) will be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.^(F)
They will bow down^(G) before you with their faces to the ground;
    they will lick the dust^(H) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;^(I)
    those who hope^(J) in me will not be disappointed.^(K)”

²⁴Can plunder be taken from warriors,^(L)
or captives be rescued from the fierce^[a]?

²⁵But this is what the Lord says:

“Yes, captives^(M) will be taken from warriors,^(N)
    and plunder retrieved from the fierce;^(O)
I will contend with those who contend with you,^(P)
    and your children I will save.^(Q)
²⁶I will make your oppressors^(R) eat^(S) their own flesh;
    they will be drunk on their own blood,^(T) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know^(U)
    that I, the Lord, am your Savior,^(V)
    your Redeemer,^(W) the Mighty One of Jacob.^(X)”