18 aLift up your eyes and look around;
bAll of them gather together; cthey come to you.
dAs I live,” declares Yahweh,
“You will surely eput on all of them as jewels and bind them on as a bride.
19 For ayour devastated and desolate places and your destroyed land—
Surely now you will be btoo cramped for the inhabitants,
And those who cswallowed you will be far away.
20 The achildren of whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears,
‘The place is too cramped for me;
Make room for me that I may live here.’
21 Then you will asay in your heart,
‘Who has borne these for me?
Indeed, I have been bereaved of my children
And am bbarren, an cexile and a wanderer.
And who has reared these?
Behold, I dremained alone;
eFrom where did these come?’”
22 Thus says Lord Yahweh,
“Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations
And make high My astandard to the peoples;
And they will bbring your sons in their bosom,
And your daughters will be lifted up on their shoulders.
23 aKings will be your guardians,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will bbow down to you with their faces to the earth
And click the dust of your feet;
And you will dknow that I am Yahweh;
Those who ehope in Me will fnot be put to shame.