New American Standard Bible 1995
Isaiah 49:14-21
14But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken 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 1I will not forget you.16Behold, I have 2inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your 3walls are continually before Me.17Your 4builders hurry; Your 5destroyers and devastators Will depart from you.186Lift up your eyes and look around; 7All of them gather together, 8they come to you. 9As I live,” declares the Lord, “You will surely 10put on all of them as 11jewels and bind them on as a bride.19For 12your waste and desolate places and your destroyed land-- Surely now you will be 13too cramped for the inhabitants, And those who 14swallowed you will be far away.20The 15children of 16whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, ‘The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live here.’21Then you will 17say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me, Since I have been bereaved of my children And am 18barren, an 19exile and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Behold, I was 20left alone; 2122From where did these come?’”
Notes
- 1. Isaiah 49:15 Is 44:21 ↩
- 2. Isaiah 49:16 Song 8:6; Hag 2:23 ↩
- 3. Isaiah 49:16 Ps 48:12, 13; Is 62:6, 7 ↩
- 4. Isaiah 49:17 So ancient versions and DSS; M.T. reads sons ↩
- 5. Isaiah 49:17 Is 10:6; 37:18 ↩
- 6. Isaiah 49:18 Is 60:4; John 4:35 ↩
- 7. Isaiah 49:18 Is 43:5; 54:7; 60:4 ↩
- 8. Isaiah 49:18 Is 49:12 ↩
- 9. Isaiah 49:18 Is 45:23; 54:9 ↩
- 10. Isaiah 49:18 Is 52:1; 61:10 ↩
- 11. Isaiah 49:18 Lit an ornament ↩
- 12. Isaiah 49:19 Is 1:7; 3:8; 5:6; 51:3 ↩
- 13. Isaiah 49:19 Is 54:1, 2; Zech 10:10 ↩
- 14. Isaiah 49:19 Ps 56:1, 2 ↩
- 15. Isaiah 49:20 Is 54:1-3 ↩
- 16. Isaiah 49:20 Lit your bereavement ↩
- 17. Isaiah 49:21 Is 29:23; 54:6, 7 ↩
- 18. Isaiah 49:21 Is 27:10; Lam 1:1 ↩
- 19. Isaiah 49:21 Is 5:13 ↩
- 20. Isaiah 49:21 Is 1:8 ↩
- 21. Isaiah 49:21 Lit These, where are they? ↩
- 22. Isaiah 49:21 Is 60:8 ↩
Commentaries on Isaiah 49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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