Isaiah 49:20–26

²⁰Yet the children born when you were bereaved^v will say in your hearing,^w

“The place is too cramped for me;

make room^x for me so that I can dwell.”

²¹Then^y you will say in your heart,

“Who has borne me these?”

And, “I was bereaved and barren,

exiled and thrust away;

so^z who raised these?

Look at me! I was left alone;

where have these come from?”^a

²²Thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“Look! I will lift my hand up to the nations,

and I will raise my signal to the peoples,

and they shall bring your sons in their bosom,

and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.^b

²³And kings shall be your guardians,^c

and their queens your nurses.

They shall bow down, faces^d to the ground, to you,

and they will lick up the dust of your feet.

Then^e you will know that I am Yahweh;

those who await me shall not be ashamed.

²⁴Can war-booty be taken from the mighty?

or can a captive of a righteous^f person be rescued?

²⁵But thus says Yahweh:

“Indeed a captive of the mighty shall be taken,

and the war-booty of the tyrant shall be rescued,

for^g I myself will dispute with your opponent,

and I myself will save your children.

²⁶And I will feed your oppressors their own flesh,

and they shall be drunk with their blood as with wine.

Then^h all flesh shall know that I am Yahweh,

your savior and redeemer, the strong one of Jacob.”