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Isaiah 49:13-23
Revised Standard Version
Isaiah 49:13-23
Revised Standard Version
13 Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord has comforted his people,
and will have compassion on his afflicted.
14 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,
my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 “Can a woman forget her sucking child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
16 Behold, I have graven you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.
17 Your builders outstrip your destroyers,
and those who laid you waste go forth from you.
18 Lift up your eyes round about and see;
they all gather, they come to you.
As I live, says the Lord,
you shall put them all on as an ornament,
you shall bind them on as a bride does.
19 “Surely your waste and your desolate places
and your devastated land—
surely now you will be too narrow for your inhabitants,
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20 The children born in the time of your bereavement
will yet say in your ears:
‘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?
I was bereaved and barren,
exiled and put away,
but who has brought up these?
Behold, I was left alone;
whence then have these come?’”
22 Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
and raise my signal to the peoples;
and they shall bring your sons in their bosom,
and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23 Kings shall be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
and lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.”
Isaiah 49:13-23
New International Version
Isaiah 49:13-23
New International Version
13 Shout for joy,(A) you heavens;
rejoice, you earth;(B)
burst into song, you mountains!(C)
For the Lord comforts(D) his people
and will have compassion(E) on his afflicted ones.(F)
15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child(I) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!(J)
16 See, I have engraved(K) you on the palms of my hands;
your walls(L) are ever before me.
17 Your children hasten back,
and those who laid you waste(M) depart from you.
18 Lift up your eyes and look around;
all your children gather(N) and come to you.
As surely as I live,(O)” declares the Lord,
“you will wear(P) them all as ornaments;
you will put them on, like a bride.
19 “Though you were ruined and made desolate(Q)
and your land laid waste,(R)
now you will be too small for your people,(S)
and those who devoured(T) 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.’(U)
21 Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who bore me these?(V)
I was bereaved(W) and barren;
I was exiled and rejected.(X)
Who brought these(Y) up?
I was left(Z) all alone,(AA)
but these—where have they come from?’”
22 This is what the Sovereign Lord(AB) says:
“See, I will beckon to the nations,
I will lift up my banner(AC) to the peoples;
they will bring(AD) your sons in their arms
and carry your daughters on their hips.(AE)
23 Kings(AF) will be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.(AG)
They will bow down(AH) before you with their faces to the ground;
they will lick the dust(AI) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;(AJ)
those who hope(AK) in me will not be disappointed.(AL)”
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