[a]In the days to come Jacob (A)will take root,
Israel will (B)blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the [b]whole world with (C)fruit.

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  1. Isaiah 27:6 Lit Those coming
  2. Isaiah 27:6 Lit face of the world

In days to come Jacob will take root,(A)
    Israel will bud and blossom(B)
    and fill all the world with fruit.(C)

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He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

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17 Your [a]builders hurry;
Your (A)destroyers and devastators
Will leave you.
18 (B)Raise your eyes and look around;
(C)All of them gather together, (D)they come to you.
(E)As I live,” declares the Lord,
“You will certainly (F)put them all on as [b]jewelry and bind them on as a bride.
19 For (G)your ruins and deserted places and your destroyed land—
Now you will certainly be (H)too cramped for the inhabitants,
And those who (I)swallowed you will be far away.
20 The (J)children [c]you lost will yet say in your ears,
‘The place is too cramped for me;
Make room for me that I may live here.’
21 Then you will (K)say in your heart,
‘Who has fathered these for me,
Since I have been bereaved of my children
And (L)cannot conceive, and I am an (M)exile, and a wanderer?
And who has raised these?
Behold, I was (N)left alone;
[d](O)Where are these from?’”

22 This is what the Lord [e]God says:

“Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations
And set up My (P)flag to the peoples;
And they will (Q)bring your sons [f]in their arms,
And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
23 (R)Kings will be your guardians,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will (S)bow down to you with their faces to the ground
And (T)lick the dust from your feet;
And you will (U)know that I am the Lord;
Those who hopefully (V)wait for Me will (W)not be put to shame.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:17 Ancient versions and DSS; MT sons
  2. Isaiah 49:18 Lit an ornament
  3. Isaiah 49:20 Lit of your bereavement
  4. Isaiah 49:21 Lit These, where are they?
  5. Isaiah 49:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  6. Isaiah 49:22 Lit on the chest

17 Your children hasten back,
    and those who laid you waste(A) depart from you.
18 Lift up your eyes and look around;
    all your children gather(B) and come to you.
As surely as I live,(C)” declares the Lord,
    “you will wear(D) them all as ornaments;
    you will put them on, like a bride.

19 “Though you were ruined and made desolate(E)
    and your land laid waste,(F)
now you will be too small for your people,(G)
    and those who devoured(H) you will be far away.
20 The children born during your bereavement
    will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
    give us more space to live in.’(I)
21 Then you will say in your heart,
    ‘Who bore me these?(J)
I was bereaved(K) and barren;
    I was exiled and rejected.(L)
    Who brought these(M) up?
I was left(N) all alone,(O)
    but these—where have they come from?’”

22 This is what the Sovereign Lord(P) says:

“See, I will beckon to the nations,
    I will lift up my banner(Q) to the peoples;
they will bring(R) your sons in their arms
    and carry your daughters on their hips.(S)
23 Kings(T) will be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.(U)
They will bow down(V) before you with their faces to the ground;
    they will lick the dust(W) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;(X)
    those who hope(Y) in me will not be disappointed.(Z)

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17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am 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, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

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21 And say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am going to (A)take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them (B)one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and (C)one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations, and no longer be divided into two kingdoms.

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21 and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.(A) 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.(B) There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.(C)

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21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.

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