Isaiah 49:20-22

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“The ^(A)children of ^(a)whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears,
‘The place is too cramped for me;
Make room for me that I may live here.’

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“Then you will ^(B)say in your heart,
‘Who has begotten these for me,
Since I have been bereaved of my children
And am ^(C)barren, an ^(D)exile and a wanderer?
And who has reared these?
Behold, I was ^(E)left alone;
^(b)^(F)From where did these come?’”

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

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 49:20: ['Lit ', your bereavement]

b. Isaiah 49:21: ['Lit ', These, where are they, '?']

c. Isaiah 49:22: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 49:20: Isaiah 54:1-3

B. Isaiah 49:21: Isaiah 29:23; Isaiah 54:6; Isaiah 54:7

C. Isaiah 49:21: Isaiah 27:10; Lamentations 1:1

D. Isaiah 49:21: Isaiah 5:13

E. Isaiah 49:21: Isaiah 1:8

F. Isaiah 49:21: Isaiah 60:8

G. Isaiah 49:22: Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 18:3; Isaiah 62:10

H. Isaiah 49:22: Isaiah 14:2; Isaiah 43:6; Isaiah 60:4