Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 49:20-26

20Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’

21Then you will say in your heart,‘Who has begotten these for me?I was bereaved and barren;I was exiled and rejected.So who has reared them?Look, I was left all alone,so where did they come from?’”

22This is what the Lord GOD says:

“Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations,and raise My banner to the peoples.They will bring your sons in their arms1and carry your daughters on their shoulders.23Kings will be your foster fathers,and their queens your nursing mothers.They will bow to you facedownand lick the dust at your feet.Then you will know that I am the LORD;those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

24Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty,or the captives of a tyrant2 be delivered?

25Indeed, this is what the LORD says:

“Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away,and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved;I will contend with those who contend with you,and I will save your children.26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh;they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine.Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD,am your Savior and your Redeemer,the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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1. Isaiah 49:22 Hebrew in their bosom ↩
2. Isaiah 49:24 DSS, Syriac, and Vulgate (see also verse 25); MT of the righteous ↩

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