Isa 49:20-26 | NASB1995 | STEP | “The children of whom 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 .’

Isaiah 49:20-26

20 “The ^achildren of ^{▼▼ Lit your bereavement}whom 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.’
21 “Then you will ^csay in your heart,
‘Who has begotten these for me,
Since I have been bereaved of my children
And am ^dbarren, an ^eexile and a wanderer?
And who has reared these?
Behold, I was ^fleft alone;
^{▼▼ Lit These, where are they?
,} ^hFrom where did these come?’”

22 Thus says the Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God, “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations
And set up My ^jstandard to the peoples;
And they will ^kbring your sons in their bosom,
And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
23 ^l“Kings will be your guardians,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will ^mbow down to you with their faces to the earth
And ⁿlick the dust of your feet;
And you will ^oknow that I am the Lord;
Those who hopefully ^pwait for Me will ^qnot be put to shame.

24 ^r“Can the prey be taken from the mighty man,
Or the captives of ^{▼▼ So ancient versions and DSS; M.T. reads the righteous, cf v 25}a tyrant be rescued?”

25 Surely, thus says the Lord, “Even the ^tcaptives of the mighty man will be taken away,
And the prey of the tyrant will be rescued;
For I will contend with the one who contends with you,
And I will ^usave your sons.
26 “I will feed your ^voppressors with their ^wown flesh,
And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine;
And ^xall flesh will know that I, the Lord, am your ^ySavior
And your ^zRedeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”