Isa 49:17-23 | NASB2020 | STEP | “Your builders hurry ; Your destroyers and devastators Will leave you.

Isaiah 49:17-23

17 “Your ^{▼▼Ancient versions and DSS; MT sons}builders hurry;
Your ^bdestroyers and devastators
Will leave you.
18 “ ^cRaise your eyes and look around;
^dAll of them gather together, ^ethey come to you.
^fAs I live,” declares the Lord,
“You will certainly ^gput them all on as ^{▼▼Lit an ornament}jewelry and bind them on as a bride.
19 “For ⁱyour ruins and deserted places and your destroyed land--
Now you will certainly be ^jtoo cramped for the inhabitants,
And those who ^kswallowed you will be far away.
20 “The ^lchildren ^{▼▼Lit of your bereavement}you lost 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 ⁿsay in your heart,
‘Who has fathered these for me,
Since I have been bereaved of my children
And ^ocannot conceive, and I am an ^pexile, and a wanderer?
And who has raised these?
Behold, I was ^qleft alone;
^{▼▼Lit These, where are they?
,} ^sWhere are these from?’”
22 This is what the Lord ^{▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God says:

“Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations
And set up My ^uflag to the peoples;
And they will ^vbring your sons ^{▼▼Lit on the chest}in their arms,
And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
23 “ ^xKings will be your guardians,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will ^ybow down to you with their faces to the ground
And ^zlick the dust from your feet;
And you will ^aaknow that I am the Lord;
Those who hopefully ^abwait for Me will ^acnot be put to shame.