12 For thus says the Lord:
(A)“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
    and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and (B)you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
    and bounced upon her knees.

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12 For this is what the Lord says:

“I will extend peace(A) to her like a river,(B)
    and the wealth(C) of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried(D) on her arm
    and dandled on her knees.

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12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

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18 (A)Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments!
    (B)Then your peace would have been like a river,
    and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;

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18 If only you had paid attention(A) to my commands,
    your peace(B) would have been like a river,(C)
    your well-being(D) like the waves of the sea.

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18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

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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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16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

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19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them (A)I will send survivors to the nations, to (B)Tarshish, (C)Pul, and (D)Lud, who draw the bow, to (E)Tubal and (F)Javan, (G)to the coastlands far away, (H)that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 (I)And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations (J)as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.

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19 “I will set a sign(A) among them, and I will send some of those who survive(B) to the nations—to Tarshish,(C) to the Libyans[a] and Lydians(D) (famous as archers), to Tubal(E) and Greece,(F) and to the distant islands(G) that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory.(H) They will proclaim my glory among the nations. 20 And they will bring(I) all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain(J) in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,”(K) says the Lord. “They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the Lord in ceremonially clean vessels.(L)

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  1. Isaiah 66:19 Some Septuagint manuscripts Put (Libyans); Hebrew Pul

19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.

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19 “Surely your waste and your desolate places
    and your devastated land—
(A)surely now you will be too narrow for your inhabitants,
    and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20 (B)The children of your bereavement
    will yet say in your ears:
(C)‘The place is too narrow for me;
    make room for me to dwell in.’
21 Then you will say in your heart:
    ‘Who has borne me these?
(D)I was bereaved and barren,
    exiled and put away,
    but who has brought up these?
Behold, I was left alone;
    from where have these come?’”

22 Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
    (E)and raise my signal to the peoples;
(F)and they shall bring your sons in their arms,[a]
    and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23 (G)Kings shall be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.
(H)With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
    and (I)lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
    (J)those who wait for me (K)shall not be put to shame.”

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  1. Isaiah 49:22 Hebrew in their bosom

19 “Though you were ruined and made desolate(A)
    and your land laid waste,(B)
now you will be too small for your people,(C)
    and those who devoured(D) you will be far away.
20 The children born during your bereavement
    will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
    give us more space to live in.’(E)
21 Then you will say in your heart,
    ‘Who bore me these?(F)
I was bereaved(G) and barren;
    I was exiled and rejected.(H)
    Who brought these(I) up?
I was left(J) all alone,(K)
    but these—where have they come from?’”

22 This is what the Sovereign Lord(L) says:

“See, I will beckon to the nations,
    I will lift up my banner(M) to the peoples;
they will bring(N) your sons in their arms
    and carry your daughters on their hips.(O)
23 Kings(P) will be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.(Q)
They will bow down(R) before you with their faces to the ground;
    they will lick the dust(S) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;(T)
    those who hope(U) in me will not be disappointed.(V)

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19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

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

14 Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

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11 that you may nurse and be satisfied
    from her consoling breast;
that you may drink deeply with delight
    from her glorious abundance.”[a]

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  1. Isaiah 66:11 Or breast

11 For you will nurse(A) and be satisfied
    at her comforting breasts;(B)
you will drink deeply
    and delight in her overflowing abundance.”(C)

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11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

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(A)but you shall be called the priests of the Lord;
    they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God;
(B)you shall eat the wealth of the nations,
    and in their glory you shall boast.

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And you will be called priests(A) of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth(B) of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.

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But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

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(A)Lift up your eyes all around, and see;
    they all gather together, they come to you;
(B)your sons shall come from afar,
    and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.
Then you shall see and (C)be radiant;
    your heart shall thrill and exult,[a]
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
    (D)the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
A multitude of camels shall cover you,
    the young camels of (E)Midian and (F)Ephah;
    all those from (G)Sheba shall come.
(H)They shall bring gold and frankincense,
    and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.
All the flocks of (I)Kedar shall be gathered to you;
    the rams of (J)Nebaioth shall minister to you;
(K)they shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
    (L)and I will beautify my beautiful house.

Who are these that fly like a cloud,
    and (M)like doves to their windows?
For (N)the coastlands shall hope for me,
    (O)the ships of Tarshish first,
(P)to bring your children from afar,
    their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
    and for the Holy One of Israel,
    because (Q)he has made you beautiful.

10 (R)Foreigners shall build up your walls,
    and (S)their kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
    but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
11 (T)Your gates shall be open continually;
    day and night they shall not be shut,
(U)that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
    with their kings led in procession.
12 (V)For the nation and kingdom
    that will not serve you shall perish;
    those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
13 (W)The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
    the cypress, the plane, and (X)the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
    and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
14 (Y)The sons of those who afflicted you
    shall come bending low to you,
(Z)and all who despised you
    shall bow down at your feet;
(AA)they shall call you the City of the Lord,
    the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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  1. Isaiah 60:5 Hebrew your heart shall tremble and grow wide

“Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble(A) and come to you;
your sons come from afar,(B)
    and your daughters(C) are carried on the hip.(D)
Then you will look and be radiant,(E)
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;(F)
the wealth(G) on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.
Herds of camels(H) will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian(I) and Ephah.(J)
And all from Sheba(K) will come,
    bearing gold and incense(L)
    and proclaiming the praise(M) of the Lord.
All Kedar’s(N) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings(O) on my altar,(P)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.(Q)

“Who are these(R) that fly along like clouds,(S)
    like doves to their nests?
Surely the islands(T) look to me;
    in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,[a](U)
bringing(V) your children from afar,
    with their silver and gold,(W)
to the honor(X) of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One(Y) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.(Z)

10 “Foreigners(AA) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings(AB) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor(AC) I will show you compassion.(AD)
11 Your gates(AE) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations(AF)
    their kings(AG) led in triumphal procession.
12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve(AH) you will perish;
    it will be utterly ruined.(AI)

13 “The glory of Lebanon(AJ) will come to you,
    the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,(AK)
to adorn my sanctuary;(AL)
    and I will glorify the place for my feet.(AM)
14 The children of your oppressors(AN) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down(AO) at your feet
and will call you the City(AP) of the Lord,
    Zion(AQ) of the Holy One(AR) of Israel.

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  1. Isaiah 60:9 Or the trading ships

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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