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23 Kings shall be your guardians,
    their princesses your nursemaids;
Face to the ground, they shall bow down before you
    and lick the dust at your feet.
Then you shall know that I am the Lord,
    none who hope in me shall be ashamed.

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23 Kings(A) will be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.(B)
They will bow down(C) before you with their faces to the ground;
    they will lick the dust(D) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;(E)
    those who hope(F) in me will not be disappointed.(G)

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So shall you summon a nation you knew not,
    and a nation[a] that knew you not shall run to you,
Because of the Lord, your God,
    the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 55:5 The “nation” is Persia under Cyrus, but the perspective is worldwide.

Surely you will summon nations(A) you know not,
    and nations you do not know will come running to you,(B)
because of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One(C) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.”(D)

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