Isaiah 49:20-22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 Yet as you listen, the children
that you have been deprived of will say,
‘This place is too small for me;
make room for me so that I may settle.’(A)
21 Then you will say within yourself,
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering—
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself—
but these, where did they come from?’”[a]
22 This is what the Lord God says:
Look, I will lift up My hand to the nations,
and raise My banner to the peoples.(B)
They will bring your sons in their arms,
and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.(C)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:21 Lit where are they
Isaiah 49:20-22
King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 49:20-22
English Standard Version
20 (A)The children of your bereavement
will yet say in your ears:
(B)‘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?
(C)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,
(D)and raise my signal to the peoples;
(E)and they shall bring your sons in their arms,[a]
and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:22 Hebrew in their bosom
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