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Isaiah 49:20

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.

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.

21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

22 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.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’
KJV
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.
WEB
The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’
ASV
The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
DARBY
The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me: make room for me, that I may dwell.
BLB
Again the sons of your childlessness will say in your ears: ‘The place [is] narrow for me! Make room for me that I may dwell!’
ÅB
Enda skal du få høre barna fra din barnløshets dager si: Plassen er for trang for meg; flytt deg, så jeg kan få bo her!
OTB
Barna som ble født under din sorg vil enda si i ditt nærvær, ‘Dette stedet er for trangt for oss; gi oss mer plass å bo på.’
B1930
Ennu skal du få høre barna fra din barnløshets dager si: Plassen er for trang for mig; flytt dig, så jeg kan få bo her!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Joshua 17:14–16

    And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?

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  • Galatians 4:26–28

    But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

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  • Hosea 1:10

    Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

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  • Isaiah 60:4

    Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

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  • 2 Kings 6:1

    And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

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  • Isaiah 54:1–3

    Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

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  • Matthew 3:9

    And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

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  • Isaiah 51:3

    For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

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