Isaiah 49:20
“The children which thou shalt haue, after thou hast lost the other, shall say againe in thine eares, The place is too straight for me: giue place to mee that I may dwell.”
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Isaiah 49:20 Context
18¶ Lift vp thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselues together and come to thee: as I liue, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee as a bride doeth. 19For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction shall euen now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee vp, shall bee farre away. 20The children which thou shalt haue, after thou hast lost the other, shall say againe in thine eares, The place is too straight for me: giue place to mee that I may dwell. 21Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I haue lost my children and am desolate, a captiue and remouing to and fro? and who hath brought vp these? Beholde, I was left alone, these where had they beene? 22Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift vp mine hand to the Gentiles, and set vp my standerd to the people: and they shall bring thy sonnes in their armes: and thy daughters shal be caried vpon their shoulders.
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Other Translations for Isaiah 49:20
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.
- King James Version
"The children of whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, 'The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live {here.}'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The children to whom you gave birth in other lands will say in your ears, The place is not wide enough for me: make room for me to have a resting-place.
- Basic English Bible
The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me: make room for me, that I may dwell.
- Darby Bible
The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thy ears, The place is too narrow for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
- Webster's Bible
The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
- World English Bible
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.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
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.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 49:20
49:20 The children - Those Gentiles which shall be begotten by thee, when thou shalt be deprived of thine own natural children, when the generality of the Jews cut themselves off from God.