Isa 49:20-26 | NASB2020 | STEP | “The children you lost 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 ^{▼▼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 ^csay in your heart,
‘Who has fathered these for me,
Since I have been bereaved of my children
And ^dcannot conceive, and I am an ^eexile, and a wanderer?
And who has raised these?
Behold, I was ^fleft alone;
^{▼▼Lit These, where are they?
,} ^hWhere 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 ^jflag to the peoples;
And they will ^kbring your sons ^{▼▼Lit on the chest}in their arms,
And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
23 “ ^mKings will be your guardians,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will ⁿbow down to you with their faces to the ground
And ^olick the dust from your feet;
And you will ^pknow that I am the Lord;
Those who hopefully ^qwait for Me will ^rnot be put to shame.

24 “ ^sCan the prey be taken from a mighty man,
Or the captives of ^{▼▼Ancient versions and DSS; MT the righteous, cf. v 25}a tyrant be rescued?”
25 Indeed, this is what the Lord says:

“Even the ^ucaptives of the mighty man will be taken away,
And the prey of a tyrant will be rescued;
For I will contend with the one who contends with you,
And I will ^vsave your sons.
26 “I will feed your ^woppressors with their ^xown flesh,
And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine;
And ^{▼▼Lit all flesh
,} ^zhumanity will know that I, the Lord, am your ^aaSavior
And your ^abRedeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”