Isaiah 49:23

And melachim shall be thy omenim (foster fathers, supporters, nurturers), 1 and their sarot thy wet nurses; 1 they shall bow down before thee with their face toward eretz, 1 and lick the aphar of thy raglayim; 1 and thou shalt know that I am Hashem; 1 for they shall not be put to shame that wait for Me. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

In Context

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

24Shall the malko'ach (plunder, prey, booty) be taken from the gibbor; 1 shall the shevi tzaddik be delivered? 1

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Cross References

Exodus 6:7And I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you Elohim; and ye shall know that I am Hashem Eloheichem, which bringeth you out from under the sivlot Mitzrayim.

Ezra 1:2Thus saith Koresh Melech Paras (Persia), Hashem Elohei HaShomayim hath given me all the kingdoms of ha'aretz; and he hath charged me to build him Beis + 1:2 Hamikdash at Yerushalayim, which is in Yehudah.

Ezra 7:11Now this is the copy of the letter that HaMelech Artachshasta gave unto Ezra HaKohen, HaSofer, even a Sofer of the divrei mitzvot Hashem, and of his chukkot for Yisroel:

Esther 8:1On that day did HaMelech Achashverosh give the Bais Haman Tzorer HaYehudim (the estate of Haman the Vexer, Harasser, Enemy of the Jews) unto Ester HaMalkah. And Mordechai came before HaMelech; for Ester had told what he was unto her.

Psalms 25:3[Gimel] Yea, let none that wait [hoping in] Thee be ashamed; 1 let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. 1

Psalms 68:31Rebuke the chayat kaneh, 1 the adat (herd) of bulls, 1 with the agalim (calves) of the nations, 1 till every one prostrate himself with ingots of kesef; He scatters the people that delight in wars. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 49:19-24

Encouragement to Zion. ( b. c. 706.) 18 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. 19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. 20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost… Read the whole commentary →

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