Isaiah 49:20-26

New American Standard Bible

²⁰The ^(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.’
²¹Then 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?’”

²²This 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.
²³^(I)Kings will be your guardians,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will ^(J)bow down to you with their faces to the ground
And ^(K)lick the dust from your feet;
And you will ^(L)know that I am the Lord;
Those who hopefully ^(M)wait for Me will ^(N)not be put to shame.

²⁴“^(O)Can the prey be taken from a mighty man,
Or the captives of ^[e]a tyrant be rescued?”

²⁵Indeed, this is what the Lord says:

“Even the ^(P)captives of the mighty man will be taken away,
And the prey of a tyrant will be rescued;
For I will contend with the one who contends with you,
And I will ^(Q)save your sons.
²⁶I will feed your ^(R)oppressors with their ^(S)own flesh,
And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine;
And ^[f]^(T)humanity will know that I, the Lord, am your ^(U)Savior
And your ^(V)Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”