Isa 49:23 | NET2full | STEP | Kings will be your children’s guardians ; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you, and they will lick the dirt on your feet . Then you will recognize that I am the Lord ; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame .

‏ Isaiah 49:23

23 Kings will be your children’s ^{▼▼tn Heb “your,” but Zion here stands by metonymy for her children (see v. 22b).} guardians;
their princesses will nurse your children. ^{▼▼tn Heb “you.” See the preceding note.}
With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you,
and they will lick the dirt on ^{▼▼tn Or “at your feet” (NAB, NIV); NLT “from your feet.”} your feet.
Then you will recognize that I am the Lord;
those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.