23 (A)Kings shall be your foster fathers,
And their queens your nursing mothers;
They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth,
And (B)lick up the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord,
(C)For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.”

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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 Also the sons of those who afflicted you
Shall come (A)bowing to you,
And all those who despised you shall (B)fall prostrate at the soles of your feet;
And they shall call you The City of the Lord,
(C)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 They shall lick the (A)dust like a serpent;
(B)They shall crawl from their holes like [a]snakes of the earth.
(C)They shall be afraid of the Lord our God,
And shall fear because of You.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:17 Lit. crawlers

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 You shall drink the milk of the Gentiles,
(A)And milk the breast of kings;
You shall know that (B)I, the Lord, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, 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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The (A)Gentiles 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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11 For the Scripture says, (A)“Whoever believes on 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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  1. Romans 10:11 Isaiah 28:16 (see Septuagint)

10 “The(A) sons of foreigners shall build up your walls,
(B)And their kings shall minister to you;
For (C)in My wrath I struck you,
(D)But in My favor I have had mercy on you.
11 Therefore your gates (E)shall be open continually;
They shall not be shut day or night,
That men may bring to you the wealth of the Gentiles,
And their kings 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 labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush
And of the Sabeans, men of stature,
Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours;
They shall walk behind you,
They shall come over (B)in chains;
And they shall bow down to you.
They will make supplication to you, saying, (C)‘Surely God is in you,
And there is no other;
(D)There is no other God.’ ”

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

Indeed, let no one who [a]waits on You be ashamed;
Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.

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  1. Psalm 25:3 Waits for You in faith

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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And it will be said in that day:
“Behold, this is our God;
(A)We have waited for Him, and He will save us.
This is the Lord;
We have waited for Him;
(B)We will 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 soul of His servants,
And none of those who trust in Him shall be 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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24 (A)And the nations [a]of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor [b]into it. 25 (B)Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (C)(there shall be no night there). 26 (D)And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into [c]it.

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  1. Revelation 21:24 NU, M omit of those who are saved
  2. Revelation 21:24 M of the nations to Him
  3. Revelation 21:26 M adds that they may enter in.

24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.(A) 25 On no day will its gates(B) ever be shut,(C) for there will be no night there.(D) 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.(E)

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Indeed I will make (A)those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed (B)I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that 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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