Isaiah 49:12,20 - Compare All Versions

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See, they will come from afar— some from the north, some from the west, some from the region of Aswan.”

The children born during your bereavement will yet say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; give us more space to live in.’

Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Syene.”

The children of your bereavement will yet say in your ears: ‘The place is too narrow for me; make room for me to dwell in.’

See, my people will return from far away, from lands to the north and west, and from as far south as Egypt.”

The generations born in exile will return and say, ‘We need more room! It’s crowded here!’

See, these will come from far away, from the north and from the west,  , and from the land of Sinim. 

Yet as you listen, the children that you have been deprived of will say, ‘This place is too small for me; make room for me so that I may settle.’

Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

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.

Surely these shall come from afar; Look! Those from the north and the west, And these from the land of Sinim.”

The children you will have, After you have lost the others, Will say again in your ears, ‘The place is too small for me; Give me a place where I may dwell.’

GOD also says: “When the time’s ripe, I answer you. When victory’s due, I help you. I form you and use you to reconnect the people with me, To put the land in order, to resettle families on the ruined properties. I tell prisoners, ‘Come on out. You’re free!’ and those huddled in fear, ‘It’s all right. It’s safe now.’ There’ll be foodstands along all the roads, picnics on all the hills— Nobody hungry, nobody thirsty, shade from the sun, shelter from the wind, For the Compassionate One guides them, takes them to the best springs. I’ll make all my mountains into roads, turn them into a superhighway. Look: These coming from far countries, and those, out of the north, These streaming in from the west, and those from all the way down the Nile!”

“And your ruined land? Your devastated, decimated land? Filled with more people than you know what to do with! And your barbarian enemies, a fading memory. The children born in your exile will be saying, ‘It’s getting too crowded here. I need more room.’ And you’ll say to yourself, ‘Where on earth did these children come from? I lost everything, had nothing, was exiled and penniless. So who reared these children? How did these children get here?’”

“Behold, these will come from afar; And behold, these will come from the north and from the west, And these from the land of Aswan.”

“The children you lost will yet say in your ears, ‘The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live here.’

“In fact, these will come from far away; And, lo, these shall come from the north and from the west, And these from the land of Aswan (southern Egypt).”

“The children of your bereavement [those born in captivity] will yet say in your ears, ‘The place is too cramped for me’; Make room for me that I may live here.

Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim!

Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing, ‘This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.’