Isaiah 49:18

Look around and see, they are all gathering and coming to you. 1 As surely as I live—this is Yahweh's declaration—you will surely wear them like jewelry, and you will put them on like a bride. 1

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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

17Your children are hurrying back, while those who destroyed you are going away. 1

19Though you were a waste and desolate, a land that was in ruins, 1 now you will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who devoured you will be far away. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 13:14Yahweh said to Abram after Lot had departed from him, “Look from the place where you are standing to the north, south, east, and west.

Proverbs 17:6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged 1 and parents bring honor to their children. 1

Isaiah 45:23By myself I swear, 1 speaking my just decree, and it will not turn back: 1 'To me every knee will bend, every tongue will swear. 1

Isaiah 49:22This is what the Lord Yahweh says, 1 “Look, I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. 1 They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders. 1

Isaiah 54:1“Sing, you barren woman, you who have not given birth; break into joyful singing and cry aloud, you who have never been in birth labor. 1 For the children of the desolate one are more than the children of the married woman,” says Yahweh. 1

Isaiah 54:9For this is like the waters of Noah to me: 1 as I swore that the waters of Noah would never again pass over the earth, 1 so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. 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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