Verse 18
Isaiah 49:18
GOD'S WORD Translation
18
Lift up your eyes all around, and see:
all these gather themselves together, and come to you.
As I live,” says Yahweh, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament,
and dress yourself with them, like a bride.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שְׂאִֽי סָבִ֤יב עֵינַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ וּ/רְאִ֔י כֻּלָּ֖/ם נִקְבְּצ֣וּ בָֽאוּ לָ֑/ךְ חַי אָ֣נִי נְאֻם יְהוָ֗ה כִּ֤י כֻלָּ/ם֙ כָּ/עֲדִ֣י תִלְבָּ֔שִׁי וּֽ/תְקַשְּׁרִ֖י/ם כַּ/כַּלָּֽה
English Translation
Lift your eyes all around and see; they all gather and come to you. As surely as I live, declares the Lord, you will wear them all like a necklace, and you will bind them on like a bride.
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3
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10
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11
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and these fr...
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18
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