Isaiah 49:21-23

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²¹Then you will say within yourself,
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering—
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself—
but these, where did they come from?’”^[a]

²²This is what the Lord God says:

Look, I will lift up My hand to the nations,
and raise My banner to the peoples.^(A)
They will bring your sons in their arms,
and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.^(B)
²³Kings will be your foster fathers,
and their queens^[b] your nursing mothers.^(C)
They will bow down to you
with their faces to the ground,
and lick the dust at your feet.^(D)
Then you will know that I am Yahweh;^(E)
those who put their hope in Me
will not be put to shame.^(F)