18 (A)Lift up your eyes and look around;
(B)All of them gather together, (C)they come to you.
(D)As I live,” declares the Lord,
“You will surely (E)put on all of them as [a]jewels and bind them on as a bride.
19 “For (F)your waste and desolate places and your destroyed land—
Surely now you will be (G)too cramped for the inhabitants,
And those who (H)swallowed you will be far away.
20 “The (I)children of [b]whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears,
‘The place is too cramped for me;
Make room for me that I may live here.’

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:18 Lit an ornament
  2. Isaiah 49:20 Lit your bereavement

18 Lift up your eyes and look around;
    all your children gather(A) and come to you.
As surely as I live,(B)” declares the Lord,
    “you will wear(C) them all as ornaments;
    you will put them on, like a bride.

19 “Though you were ruined and made desolate(D)
    and your land laid waste,(E)
now you will be too small for your people,(F)
    and those who devoured(G) you will be far away.
20 The children born during your bereavement
    will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
    give us more space to live in.’(H)

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