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21 You shall ask yourself:
    “Who has borne me these,
    when I was bereft and barren?
Exiled and repudiated,
    who has reared them?
I was left all alone;
    where then do these come from?”(A)
22     Thus says the Lord God:
See, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
    and to the peoples raise my signal;
They shall bring your sons in their arms,
    your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.(B)
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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21 Then you will say in your heart,
    ‘Who bore me these?(A)
I was bereaved(B) and barren;
    I was exiled and rejected.(C)
    Who brought these(D) up?
I was left(E) all alone,(F)
    but these—where have they come from?’”

22 This is what the Sovereign Lord(G) says:

“See, I will beckon to the nations,
    I will lift up my banner(H) to the peoples;
they will bring(I) your sons in their arms
    and carry your daughters on their hips.(J)
23 Kings(K) will be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.(L)
They will bow down(M) before you with their faces to the ground;
    they will lick the dust(N) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;(O)
    those who hope(P) in me will not be disappointed.(Q)

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