22 This is what the Sovereign Lord(A) says:

“See, I will beckon to the nations,
    I will lift up my banner(B) to the peoples;
they will bring(C) your sons in their arms
    and carry your daughters on their hips.(D)
23 Kings(E) will be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.(F)
They will bow down(G) before you with their faces to the ground;
    they will lick the dust(H) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;(I)
    those who hope(J) in me will not be disappointed.(K)

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22 “For[a] this what the Lord[b] says,
    ‘Watch! I’ll lift up my hand to the nations
and raise my banner to the[c] peoples.[d]
    They will bring your sons in their arms,
        and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.’
23 “Oh, yes![e] Kings will be your foster fathers,
    and their queens will be your nursing mothers.
They will bow to you with their faces to the ground,
    and lick the dust from your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
    those who hope in me will not be disappointed.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:22 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack For
  2. Isaiah 49:22 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads my Lord the Lord
  3. Isaiah 49:22 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks the
  4. Isaiah 49:22 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX reads islands
  5. Isaiah 49:23 Or And aha!; so 1QIsaa cf. Isa 55:1; MT LXX read And it will happen that