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20 Yet the children born when you were bereaved[a] will say in your hearing,[b]

“The place is too cramped for me;
    make room[c] for me so that I can dwell.”

21 Then[d] you will say in your heart,

“Who has borne me these?”
    And, “I was bereaved and barren,
exiled and thrust away;
    so[e] who raised these?
Look at me! I was left alone;
    where have these come from?”[f]

22 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“Look! I will lift my hand up to the nations,
    and I will raise my signal to the peoples,
and they shall bring your sons in their bosom,
    and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:20 Literally “of your bereavement”
  2. Isaiah 49:20 Literally “ears”
  3. Isaiah 49:20 Literally “approach”
  4. Isaiah 49:21 Or “And”
  5. Isaiah 49:21 Or “and”
  6. Isaiah 49:21 Literally “these where they”
  7. Isaiah 49:22 Hebrew “shoulder”