Verse 20

Isaiah 49:20

English Revised Version

20 The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may 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

1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: the LORD hath called me from the womb;... Focus ↗

2 and he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me; and he hath... Focus ↗

3 and he said unto me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified. Focus ↗

4 But I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity: yet surely my j... Focus ↗

5 And now saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him,... Focus ↗

6 yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of J... Focus ↗

7 Thus saith the LORD, the redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him who... Focus ↗

8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I he... Focus ↗

9 saying to them that are bound, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall f... Focus ↗

10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy... Focus ↗

11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. Focus ↗

12 Lo, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the l... Focus ↗

13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hat... Focus ↗

14 But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. Focus ↗

15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? ye... Focus ↗

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. Focus ↗

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

18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee.... Focus ↗

19 For, as for thy waste and thy desolate places and thy land that hath been destroyed, surely now shal... Focus ↗

20 The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give pl...

21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my ch... Focus ↗

22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to th... Focus ↗

23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to... Focus ↗

24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered? Focus ↗

25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the te... Focus ↗

26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their ow... Focus ↗

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