Verse 20
Isaiah 49:20
Young's Literal Translation
20
Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: 'The place is too strait for me, Come nigh to me -- and I dwell.'
Original Language Text
hebrew
ע֚וֹד יֹאמְר֣וּ בְ/אָזְנַ֔יִ/ךְ בְּנֵ֖י שִׁכֻּלָ֑יִ/ךְ צַר לִ֥/י הַ/מָּק֖וֹם גְּשָׁ/ה לִּ֥/י וְ/אֵשֵֽׁבָה
English Translation
Still, they will say in your ears, "The sons of your bereavement are too narrow for me; give me space so that I may dwell."
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Chapter 49 Context
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Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, Jehovah from the womb hath called me, F...
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And he maketh my mouth as a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He hath hid me, And He maketh me...
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And He saith to me, 'My servant Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.'
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And I said, 'For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgm...
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And now, said Jehovah, who is forming me from the belly for a servant to Him, To bring back Jacob un...
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And He saith, 'It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes o...
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Thus said Jehovah, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the abominated of a...
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8
Thus said Jehovah: 'In a time of good pleasure I answered thee, And in a day of salvation I helped t...
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To say to the bound, Go out, To those in darkness, Be uncovered. On the ways they feed, And in all h...
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They do not hunger, nor thirst, Nor smite them doth mirage and sun, For He who is pitying them doth...
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11
And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.
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12
Lo, these from afar come in, And lo, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land...
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13
Sing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For comforted hath Je...
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14
And Zion saith, 'Jehovah hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me.'
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15
Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one -- the son of her womb? Yea, these forget -- but I -...
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16
Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls [are] before Me continually.
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Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste, go out from thee.
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18
Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, They have come to thee. I li...
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19
Because thy wastes, and thy desolate places, And the land of thy ruins, Surely now are straitened be...
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20
Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: 'The place is too strait for me, Come nigh t...
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And thou hast said in thy heart: 'Who hath begotten for me -- these? And I bereaved and gloomy, A ca...
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Thus said the Lord Jehovah: 'Lo, I lift up unto nations My hand, And unto peoples I raise up Mine en...
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And kings have been thy nursing fathers, And their princesses thy nursing mothers; Face to the earth...
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Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?
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For thus said Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the terrible is deli...
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And I have caused thine oppressors to eat their own flesh, And as new wine they drink their own bloo...
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