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20 The children who were born in a foreign land
    will return to you.
You will hear them say,
    “This place is too small for us.
    Find more room for us to live in.”
21 Then you will think, “Who gave me all these children?
    Who is their father?
I was alone, with no husband.
    They killed my children
    or they took them away to a foreign land.
I could no longer give birth.
    So where did all these children come from?” ’

22 The Almighty Lord says,

‘Look! I will lift up my hand,
    to call the nations.
I will raise up a flag
    as a sign to those people.
Then they will bring back your sons and your daughters.
    They will carry them in their arms and on their shoulders.

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