Isaiah 49:22

Thus says 'Adonay Adonai [Lord Yahweh], “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, 2 and lift up my banner to the peoples; 1 and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, 2 and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders. 1

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In The King James Version

Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

In Context

21Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children, 2 and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? 1 Who has brought these up? 2 Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’” 1

23Kings shall be your foster fathers, 2 and their queens your nursing mothers. 1 They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, 2 and lick the dust of your feet; 1 Then you will know that I am Adonai; 2 and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.” 1

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Cross References

Psalms 22:27+ 22:27 (27-28) MP: All nations and peoples of the earth will recall, worship, and serve Yahweh. The Messiah is implied by subject and topic of the chapter and (Ps 2:8) inheritance of the nations. (Rev 7:9-10) All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn + 22:27. Quoted in Luke 24:47 to Adonai. 2 All the relatives of the nations shall hawa ·bow low, prostrate· to worship before you. 1

Psalms 72:8+ 72:8. MP: Messiah’s kingdom covers the entire world, both Jewish and Gentile nations (see parallel in Zech 9:10). (Rev 17:14-15) Note: This specific detail (Ps 72:8) cannot refer to Solomon, because his kingdom reached to the Philistine land and the border of Egypt (1 King 4:21). When applied to Solomon, it could refer to the land God cut out for Israel described in (Ex 23:31), from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, and the Euphrates River to the desert land. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, 2 from the River to the ends of the earth. 1

Psalms 86:9All nations you have made will come and hawa ·bow low, prostrate· to worship before you, Lord. 2 They shall glorify your name. + 86:9. Quoted in Rev 15:4 1

Isaiah 11:10It will happen in that day that the nations will seek + 11:10 a MP: “Stump of Jesse” alludes to the household exists but is not in former glory. (See also Is 11:a). Therefore Messiah will grow up in a poor family. In Luke 2, the offering described is detailed in (Lev 12:6-8) for the poor woman’s purification after giving birth. (See also Is 11:1; Ps 132:17). (Luke 2:22-24; Rom 15:12) + 11:10 b MP: Messiah is from Jesse’s household and is a banner and rallying point to the nations, the Gentiles. (See also Is 11:1, 49:6, 60:1-3). (John 3:14-15; Acts 13:47-48, 26:23; Rom 15:8-9) the root of Jesse [My husband], + 11:10. Quoted in Rev 22:16 who stands as a banner of the peoples; + 11:10. Quoted in Rom 15:12 and his resting place will be kavod ·weighty glorious·.

Isaiah 14:2The peoples will take them, and bring them to their place. The house of Israel [God prevails] will possess them in Adonai’s land for servants and for handmaids. They will take as captives those whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

Isaiah 49:12Behold, these shall come from afar; 2 and behold, these from the north and from the west; 2 and these from the land of Sinim.” 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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