Isaiah 49:18

Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold; 1 all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. 1 As I live, saith Hashem, 1 thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, 1 as with jewelry and put them on like a kallah. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17Thy banim shall make haste; + 49:17 to return from the Golus 1 thy destroyers and they that laid thee waste 1 shall depart from thee. 1

19For thy ruins and thy desolate places, 1 and the eretz of thy devastation, 1 shall even now be too narrow for the inhabitants, + 49:19 of Tziyon returned from the Golus 1 and they that devoured thee shall be far away. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 13:14And Hashem said unto Avram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the makom where thou art northward, and southward and eastward, and westward:

Proverbs 17:6Bnei banim are the ateret of zekenim; 1 and the tiferet of banim are their avot. 1

Isaiah 45:23I have sworn by Myself, 1 the Word has gone out of My mouth of tzedakah (righteousness), 1 and shall not yashuv (return, be revoked), 1 that unto Me kol berekh (every knee) shall bow, 1 kol lashon (every tongue) shall swear. 1

Isaiah 49:22Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: 1 Hinei, I will lift up Mine Yad to the Goyim, 1 and set up My nes (banner, rallying flag) + 49:22 i.e., Moshiach; see Isa 11:10 to the Nations; 1 and they shall bring thy banim in their arms, 1 and thy banot shall be carried upon their shoulders. 1

Isaiah 54:1Sing, O akarah (barren woman), + 54:1 i.e., Yerushalayim emptied out by the Golus that Isaiah sees coming thou that didst not bear; 1 break forth into singing, and shout for joy, 1 thou that didst not travail with child; 1 for rabbim bnei shome'mah (more are the children of the desolate woman) + 54:1 i.e. referring to those of Jerusalem making aliyah from the Golus so that Moshiachʼs Kehillah can come forth at Jerusalem — Ac 2:41 1 than the bnei be'ulah (children of the married woman), + 54:1 i.e., Jerusalem as the Sarah at first barren then greatly fruitful; see Gn 17:16 saith Hashem. + 54:1 See Ga 4:27 1

Isaiah 54:9For this is as the waters of Noach unto Me; 1 for as I have sworn that the waters of Noach 1 should no more cover ha'aretz; 1 so have I sworn that with thee 1 I would not be in wrath nor rebuke thee. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 49:14-18

Encouragement to Zion. ( b. c. 706.) 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually… Read the whole commentary →

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