Isaiah 49:14-21
Zion Remembered
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Zion says, “The Lord has abandoned me;
The Lord has forgotten me!”
15 The Lord has forgotten me!”
“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or lack compassion for the child of her womb?
Even if these forget,
yet I will not forget you.
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19 or lack compassion for the child of her womb?
Even if these forget,
yet I will not forget you.
For your waste and desolate places
and your land marked by ruins—
will now be indeed too small for the inhabitants,(C)
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20 and your land marked by ruins—
will now be indeed too small for the inhabitants,(C)
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
Yet as you listen, the children
that you have been deprived of will say,
‘This place is too small for me;
make room for me so that I may settle.’(D)
21 that you have been deprived of will say,
‘This place is too small for me;
make room for me so that I may settle.’(D)
Then you will say within yourself,
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering—
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself—
but these, where did they come from?’”(c)
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering—
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself—
but these, where did they come from?’”(c)
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 49:17: DSS, Aq, Theod, Vg; MT, Syr, Sym read sons
b.
Isaiah 49:18: Lit all of them
c.
Isaiah 49:21: Lit where are they