Isaiah 49:17–23

17  Thy children shall make haste;

uThy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

18  vLift up thine eyes round about, and behold:

vAll these gather themselves together, and come to thee.

wAs I live, saith the Lord, xthou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament,

And xxbind them on thee, yas a bride doeth.

19  For yythy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of uthy destruction,

zShall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants,

And they that aswallowed thee up shall be far away.

20  bThe children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears,

The place is too strait for me:

cGive place to me that I may dwell.

21  Then shalt thou say in thine heart, dWho hath begotten me these,

Seeing I have lost my children, and eam desolate,

A captive, and removing to and fro?

And who hath brought up these?

Behold, I was left alone;

These, where had they been?

22  Thus saith the Lord God,

fBehold, gI will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles,

And hset up my standard to the people:

And ithey shall bring thy sons in their †arms,

And thy daughters jshall be carried upon their shoulders.

23  And kkings shall be thy †nursing fathers,

And their †queens thy nursing mothers:

ilThey shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth,

And mlick up the dust of thy feet;

And thou shalt know that I am the Lord:

For nthey shall not be ashamed that wait for me.