12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant,(A) to the land you promised on oath(B) to their ancestors?(C)

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12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

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12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I beget them, that You should say to me, (A)‘Carry them in your bosom, as a (B)guardian carries a nursing child,’ to the land which You (C)swore[a] to their fathers?

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:12 solemnly promised

16 You will drink the milk of nations
    and be nursed(A) at royal breasts.
Then you will know(B) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(C)
    your Redeemer,(D) the Mighty One of Jacob.(E)

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16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

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16 You shall drink the milk of the Gentiles,
(A)And milk the breast of kings;
You shall know that (B)I, the Lord, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

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