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20 (A)Behold Zion, the city of our appointed times;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an (B)abode at ease,
(C)A tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its cords ever be torn apart.

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20 Look on Zion,(A) the city of our festivals;
    your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    a peaceful abode,(B) a tent(C) that will not be moved;(D)
its stakes will never be pulled up,
    nor any of its ropes broken.

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19 For (A)your [a]devastated and desolate places and your destroyed land—
Surely now you will be (B)too cramped for the inhabitants,
And those who (C)swallowed you will be far away.
20 The (D)children of [b]whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears,
‘The place is too cramped for me;
Make room for me that I may live here.’

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:19 Or waste
  2. Isaiah 49:20 Lit your bereavement

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)

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