Isaiah 49:18-23
1599 Geneva Bible
18 Lift up thine eyes round about and behold: all these gather themselves together and come to thee: as I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely [a]put them all upon thee as a garment, and gird thyself with them like a bride.
19 For thy desolations, and thy waste places, and thy land destroyed, shall surely be now narrow for them that shall dwell in it, and they that dwell devour thee, shall be far away.
20 The children of thy barrenness shall say again in thine ears, The place is 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 am barren and desolate, a captive and a wanderer to and fro? and who hath nourished them? behold, I was left alone: whence are these?
22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the [b]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 [c]shall be thy nursing fathers, and Queens shall be thy nurses: they shall worship thee with their faces toward the earth, and lick up the [d]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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- Isaiah 49:18 He showeth what are the ornaments of the Church: to have many children, which are assembled by the word of God, and governed by his Spirit.
- Isaiah 49:22 He showeth that Christ will not only gather this great number of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles.
- Isaiah 49:23 Meaning, that Kings shall be converted to the Gospel, and bestow their power and authority for the preservation of the Church.
- Isaiah 49:23 Being joined with the Church, they shall humble themselves to Christ their head, and give him all honor.
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