Reference

Isaiah 49:22

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“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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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.

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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?

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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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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.

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Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

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Literal Fulfillment

While the verse uses concrete imagery, the "lifting of hands" and "setting up a standard" are often metaphorical for divine action and gathering, which could be interpreted spiritually rather than strictly physically.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes a future action of God and the resulting actions of people, but it does not describe *how* Isaiah received this message from God. The phrase "Thus saith the Lord God" indicates the source of the message, not the method of its communication to the prophet.

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Cross-References

Isaiah 62:10Thematic

“Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.”

Isaiah 11:10Thematic

“And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.”

Psalms 60:4Thematic

“Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.”

Psalms 68:22Thematic

“The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:”

Psalms 72:11Thematic

“Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.”

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