Two nations are in your womb;
two peoples will come from you and be separated.
One people will be stronger than the other,^(A)
and the older will serve the younger.^(B)

“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush
and the Sabeans, men of stature,^(A)
will come over to you^(B)
and will be yours;
they will follow you,
they will come over in chains
and bow down to you.
They will confess^[a] to you,
‘God is indeed with you,^(C) and there is no other;
there is no other God.’”

⁷ This is what the Lord,
the Redeemer^(A) of Israel, his Holy One, says
to one who is despised,
to one abhorred by people,^[a](B)
to a servant of rulers:
“Kings will see, princes will stand up,
and they^[b] will all bow down
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel^(C)—and he has chosen you.”^(D)

²³ Kings will be your guardians
and their queens^[a] your nursing mothers.^(A)
They will bow down to you
with their faces to the ground
and lick the dust at your feet.^(B)
Then you will know that I am the Lord;^(C)
those who put their hope in me
will not be put to shame.^(D)

¹² For the nation and the kingdom
that will not serve you will perish;
those nations will be annihilated.^(A)
13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you^(B)—
its pine, elm, and cypress together^(C)—
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will glorify my dwelling place.^[a]
14 The sons of your oppressors
will come and bow down to you;^(D)
all who reviled you
will fall facedown at your feet.^(E)
They will call you the City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.^(F)