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ISAIAH 49:9-25 “Come out!” Comfort Zion. Kings caretakers 944
tate the land, a to bring about the
repossessing of the desolated hereditary
possessions, b 9 to say
to the prisoners, c ‘Come out!’ d to
those who are in the darkness, e
‘Reveal yourselves!’ f By the ways
they will pasture, and on all beaten
paths their pasturing will be. g
10 They will not go hungry, h neither
will they go thirsty, i nor
will parching heat or sun strike
them. j For the One who is having
pity upon them will lead them, k
and by the springs of water he
will conduct them. l 11 And I
will make all my mountains a
way, and my highways themselves
will be on an elevation. m
12 Look! These will come even
from far away, n and, look! these
from the north o and from the
west, p and these from the land of
Sinim.”
13 Give a glad cry, YOU heavens,
q and be joyful, you earth. r
Let the mountains become
cheerful with a glad outcry. s For
Jehovah has comforted his people,
t and he shows pity upon his
own afflicted ones. u
14 ButZionkeptsaying:“Jehovah
has left me, v and Jehovah
himself has forgotten me.” w
15 Can a wife forget her suckling
so that she should not pity
the son of her belly? x Even these
women can forget, y yet I myself
shall not forget you. z 16 Look!
Upon my palms I have engraved
you. a Your walls are in front of
me constantly. b 17 Your sons
have hurried up. The very ones
tearing you down and devastating
you will go forth even
from you. 18 Raise your eyes all
around and see. They have all
of them been collected together. c
They have come to you. “As I am
living,” is the utterance of Jehovah,
d “with all of them you will
clothe yourself just as with ornaments,
and you will bind them
on yourself like a bride. e 19 Although
there are your devastated
CHAP. 49
a Isa 51:16
b Ps 2:8
Isa 54:3
c Ps 102:20
Isa 42:7
d 2Co 6:17
Re 18:4
e Ps 112:4
Isa 9:2
Lu 1:79
f Ps 110:3
g Re 7:17
h Isa 65:13
Re 7:16
i Isa 55:1
j Isa 32:2
k Eze 34:23
l Ps 23:2
Jer 31:9
m Ps 107:7
Isa 11:16
Isa 40:3
n De 30:4
Ps 22:27
o Isa 43:6
p Mt 8:11
q Ps 96:11
Isa 44:23
r Ps 98:4
Isa 42:10
s Isa 55:12
t Isa 12:1
Isa 40:1
Isa 66:13
u Isa 61:3
Jer 31:13
2Th 2:16
v Isa 54:7
w Ps 13:1
La 5:20
x 1Ki 3:26
Ps 103:13
y Le 26:29
De 28:56
2Ki 6:28
z Isa 44:21
Jer 31:20
Ro 11:1
a Ca 8:6
b Isa 26:1
Isa 60:18
c Isa 43:5
Isa 60:4
Mt 24:31
d Ge 22:16
Heb 6:13
e Jer 2:32
Second Col.
a Isa 51:3
Jer 30:18
b Jer 30:16
Jer 51:34
c Eze 6:9
d Jos 17:15
2Ki 6:1
Isa 54:1
e Isa 54:2
f La 1:13
g Isa 43:5
Jer 31:17
Mt 24:31
h La 1:1
i Isa 62:4
j Isa 11:12
k Ezr 1:3
Isa 11:10
Isa 62:10
l Isa 60:4
Isa 66:20
places and your desolated places
and the land of your ruins, a although
now you are too cramped
to be dwelling, and those swallowing
you down have been far
away, b 20 yet in your own ears
the sons of your bereaved state c
will say, ‘The place has become
too cramped for me. d Do make
room for me, that I may dwell.’ e
21 And you will for certain say in
your heart, ‘Who has become father
to these for me, since I am a
woman bereaved of children and
sterile, gone into exile and taken
prisoner? f As for these, who has
brought them up? g Look! I myself
had been left behind alone. h
These—where have they been?’ ” i
22 This is what the Sovereign
Lord Jehovah has said: “Look! I
shall raise up my hand even to
the nations, j and to the peoples
I shall lift up my signal. k
And they will bring your sons in
the bosom, and upon the shoulder
they will carry your own
daughters. l 23 And kings must
become caretakers for you, m and
their princesses nursing women
for you. With faces to the earth
they will bow down to you, n and
the dust of your feet they will lick
up; o and you will have to know
that I am Jehovah, of whom
those hoping in me will not be
ashamed.” p
24 Can those already taken be
taken from a mighty man himself,
q or can the body of captives
of the tyrant make their escape? r
25 But this is what Jehovah has
said: “Even the body of captives
of the mighty man will be taken
away, s and those already taken
by the tyrant himself will
make their escape. t And against
anyone contending against you I
myself shall contend, u and your
own sons I myself shall save. v
m Nu 11:12; Isa 52:15; Isa 60:10; Isa 60:16; n Ps
72:9; Isa 60:14; o Mic 7:17; p Ps 25:3; Isa
25:9; Isa 64:4; q Mt 12:29; Lu 11:21; r Ezr 9:9; Ne
9:37; s Jer 29:14; Jer 46:27; Ho 6:11; Joe 3:1; t Isa
10:27; Isa 52:2; Jer 29:10; Jer 50:34; Zec 9:11; u Isa
54:17; Ro 8:31; v Isa 33:22.