He wraps himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,(A)

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The Lord wraps(A) himself in light(B) as with a garment;
    he stretches(C) out the heavens(D) like a tent(E)

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Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

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18 Look up, and look around.
They all gather together; they come to you.(A)
As I live”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“you will wear all your children[a] as jewelry,
and put them on as a bride does.

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Footnotes

  1. 49:18 Lit all of them

18 Lift up your eyes and look around;
    all your children gather(A) and come to you.
As surely as I live,(B)” declares the Lord,
    “you will wear(C) them all as ornaments;
    you will put them on, like a bride.

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18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

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