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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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So shall you summon a nation you knew not,
    and a nation[a] that knew you not shall run to you,
Because of the Lord, your God,
    the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 55:5 The “nation” is Persia under Cyrus, but the perspective is worldwide.