Isa 49:23 | NETfull | 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 ^{▼▼ Heb “your,” but Zion here stands by metonymy for her children (see v. 22b).} guardians;
their princesses will nurse your children. ^{▼▼ 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 ^{▼▼ 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.