Isaiah 49:14-21
New American Standard Bible
Promise to Zion
14 But Zion said, “The Lord has abandoned me,
And the Lord has forgotten me.”
15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child
And have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget, but (A)I will not forget you.
16 Behold, I have (B)inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your (C)walls are continually before Me.
17 Your [a]builders hurry;
Your (D)destroyers and devastators
Will leave you.
18 (E)Raise your eyes and look around;
(F)All of them gather together, (G)they come to you.
(H)As I live,” declares the Lord,
“You will certainly (I)put them all on as [b]jewelry and bind them on as a bride.
19 For (J)your ruins and deserted places and your destroyed land—
Now you will certainly be (K)too cramped for the inhabitants,
And those who (L)swallowed you will be far away.
20 The (M)children [c]you lost will yet say in your ears,
‘The place is too cramped for me;
Make room for me that I may live here.’
21 Then you will (N)say in your heart,
‘Who has fathered these for me,
Since I have been bereaved of my children
And (O)cannot conceive, and I am an (P)exile, and a wanderer?
And who has raised these?
Behold, I was (Q)left alone;
[d](R)Where are these from?’”
Notas al pie
- Isaiah 49:17 Ancient versions and DSS; MT sons
- Isaiah 49:18 Lit an ornament
- Isaiah 49:20 Lit of your bereavement
- Isaiah 49:21 Lit These, where are they?
Isaiah 49:14-21
New King James Version
God Will Remember Zion
14 (A)But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,
And my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 “Can(B) a woman forget her nursing child,
[a]And not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Surely they may forget,
(C)Yet I will not forget you.
16 See, (D)I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your walls are continually before Me.
17 Your [b]sons shall make haste;
Your destroyers and those who laid you waste
Shall go away from you.
18 (E)Lift up your eyes, look around and see;
All these gather together and come to you.
As I live,” says the Lord,
“You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all (F)as an ornament,
And bind them on you as a bride does.
19 “For your waste and desolate places,
And the land of your destruction,
(G)Will even now be too small for the inhabitants;
And those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20 (H)The children you will have,
(I)After you have lost the others,
Will say again in your ears,
‘The place is too small for me;
Give me a place where I may dwell.’
21 Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who has begotten these for me,
Since I have lost my children and am desolate,
A captive, and wandering to and fro?
And who has brought these up?
There I was, left alone;
But these, where were they?’ ”
Notas al pie
- Isaiah 49:15 Lit. From having compassion
- Isaiah 49:17 DSS, LXX, Tg., Vg. builders
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