Those who were full hire themselves out for bread,
But those who were hungry cease to be hungry.
(A)Even the infertile woman gives birth to seven,
But (B)she who has many children languishes.

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Those who were full hire themselves out for food,
    but those who were hungry(A) are hungry no more.
She who was barren(B) has borne seven children,
    but she who has had many sons pines away.

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20 The (A)children [a]you lost will yet say in your ears,
‘The place is too cramped for me;
Make room for me that I may live here.’

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:20 Lit of your bereavement

20 The children born during your bereavement
    will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
    give us more space to live in.’(A)

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