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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 “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