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22 This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
    “See, I will give a signal to the godless nations.
They will carry your little sons back to you in their arms;
    they will bring your daughters on their shoulders.
23 Kings and queens will serve you
    and care for all your needs.
They will bow to the earth before you
    and lick the dust from your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.
    Those who trust in me will never be put to shame.”

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22 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“Look! I will lift my hand up to the nations,
    and I will raise my signal to the peoples,
and they shall bring your sons in their bosom,
    and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.[a]
23 And kings shall be your guardians,[b]
    and their queens your nurses.
They shall bow down, faces[c] to the ground, to you,
    and they will lick up the dust of your feet.
Then[d] you will know that I am Yahweh;
    those who await me shall not be ashamed.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:22 Hebrew “shoulder”
  2. Isaiah 49:23 Literally “those who nurture”
  3. Isaiah 49:23 Literally “noses”
  4. Isaiah 49:23 Or “And”