20 The (A)children [a]you lost will yet say in your ears,
‘The place is too cramped for me;
Make room for me that I may live here.’
21 Then you will (B)say in your heart,
‘Who has fathered these for me,
Since I have been bereaved of my children
And (C)cannot conceive, and I am an (D)exile, and a wanderer?
And who has raised these?
Behold, I was (E)left alone;
[b](F)Where are these from?’”

22 This is what the Lord [c]God says:

“Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations
And set up My (G)flag to the peoples;
And they will (H)bring your sons [d]in their arms,
And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:20 Lit of your bereavement
  2. Isaiah 49:21 Lit These, where are they?
  3. Isaiah 49:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  4. Isaiah 49:22 Lit on the chest

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