23 (A)Kings shall be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.
(B)With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
    and (C)lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
    (D)those who wait for me (E)shall not be put to shame.”

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23 Kings(A) will be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.(B)
They will bow down(C) before you with their faces to the ground;
    they will lick the dust(D) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;(E)
    those who hope(F) in me will not be disappointed.(G)

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14 (A)The sons of those who afflicted you
    shall come bending low to you,
(B)and all who despised you
    shall bow down at your feet;
(C)they shall call you the City of the Lord,
    the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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14 The children of your oppressors(A) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down(B) at your feet
and will call you the City(C) of the Lord,
    Zion(D) of the Holy One(E) of Israel.

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17 (A)they shall lick the dust like a serpent,
    like the crawling things of the earth;
(B)they shall come trembling out of their strongholds;
    (C)they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God,
    and they shall be in fear of you.

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17 They will lick dust(A) like a snake,
    like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling(B) out of their dens;
    they will turn in fear(C) to the Lord our God
    and will be afraid of you.

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16 (A)You shall suck the milk of nations;
    you shall nurse at the breast of kings;
and you shall know that (B)I, the Lord, am your Savior
    and your Redeemer, (C)the Mighty One of Jacob.

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16 You will drink the milk of nations
    and be nursed(A) at royal breasts.
Then you will know(B) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(C)
    your Redeemer,(D) the Mighty One of Jacob.(E)

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(A)And nations shall come to your light,
    and kings to the brightness of your rising.

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Nations(A) will come to your light,(B)
    and kings(C) to the brightness of your dawn.

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10 (A)Foreigners shall build up your walls,
    and (B)their kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
    but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
11 (C)Your gates shall be open continually;
    day and night they shall not be shut,
(D)that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
    with their kings led in procession.

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10 “Foreigners(A) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings(B) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor(C) I will show you compassion.(D)
11 Your gates(E) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations(F)
    their kings(G) led in triumphal procession.

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The Lord, the Only Savior

14 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,
    and the Sabeans, men of stature,
shall come over to you (B)and be yours;
    they shall follow you;
    they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.
They will plead with you, saying:
    ‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,
    no god besides him.’”

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14 This is what the Lord says:

“The products(A) of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,[a]
    and those tall Sabeans(B)
they will come over to you(C)
    and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you,(D)
    coming over to you in chains.(E)
They will bow down before you
    and plead(F) with you, saying,
‘Surely God is with you,(G) and there is no other;
    there is no other god.(H)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:14 That is, the upper Nile region

11 For the Scripture says, (A)“Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

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11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 10:11 Isaiah 28:16 (see Septuagint)

Indeed, (A)none who wait for you shall be put to shame;
    they shall be ashamed who are (B)wantonly (C)treacherous.

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No one who hopes in you
    will ever be put to shame,(A)
but shame will come on those
    who are treacherous(B) without cause.

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Behold, I will make those of (A)the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, (B)I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that (C)I have loved you.

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I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan,(A) who claim to be Jews though they are not,(B) but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet(C) and acknowledge that I have loved you.(D)

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It will be said on that day,
    “Behold, this is our God; (A)we have waited for him, that he might save us.
    This is the Lord; we have waited for him;
    (B)let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

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In that day(A) they will say,

“Surely this is our God;(B)
    we trusted(C) in him, and he saved(D) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
    let us rejoice(E) and be glad in his salvation.”(F)

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22 The Lord (A)redeems the life of his servants;
    none of those who take refuge in him will be (B)condemned.

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22 The Lord will rescue(A) his servants;
    no one who takes refuge(B) in him will be condemned.

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(A)From of old no one has heard
    or perceived by the ear,
(B)no eye has seen a God besides you,
    who acts for those who wait for him.

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Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,(A)
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.(B)

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