Isaiah 49:23

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Summary

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.

Nursing fathers

Numbers 11:12

Bow

Revelation 3:9

Lick up

Micah 7:17

For they

General references

Bible References

Nursing fathers

Am I the father of all this people? have I given them birth, that you say to me, Take them in your arms, like a child at the breast, to the land which you gave by an oath to their fathers?

Bow

The Lord says, The workmen of Egypt, and the traders of Ethiopia, and the tall Sabaeans, will come over the sea to you, and they will be yours; they will go after you; in chains they will come over: and they will go down on their faces before you, and will make prayer to you, saying, Truly, God is among you; and there is no other God.

And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth before him.

Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.

See, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but say what is false; I will make them come and give worship before your feet, and see my love for you.

Lick up

They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.

For they

And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.

The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.

Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

The Lord will be the saviour of the souls of his servants, and no one who has faith in him will be put to shame.

Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.

And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

Because it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has faith in him will not be shamed.

Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

General references

Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah.)

For this cause will the strong people give glory to you, the town of the cruel ones will be in fear of you.

In days to come Jacob will take root: Israel will put out buds and flowers; and the face of the world will be full of fruit.

From over the rivers of Ethiopia, and from the sides of the north, they will come to me with an offering.