Isaiah 49:23-25
New International Version
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)”
25 But this is what the Lord says:
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint and verse 25); Masoretic Text righteous
Isaiah 49:23-25
King James Version
23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
25 But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
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