Isaiah 49
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Isaiah 49:20-26

20The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. 21Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been? 22Thus saith the Lord Yhwh, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.1 23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Yhwh: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.23

24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?4 25But thus saith Yhwh, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.5 26And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I Yhwh am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.6

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 49:22 arms: Heb. bosom. ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 49:23 nursing fathers: Heb. nourishers. ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 49:23 queens: Heb. princesses. ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 49:24 lawful…: Heb. captivity of the just. ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 49:25 captives: Heb. captivity. ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 49:26 sweet: or, new. ↩

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Revised Literal Translation — © 2018 Michael W. Jones, Sr. — GPL