Isaiah 49:20

Translations

Modern

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.’

Traditional

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.

Literal

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!’

Latin

Adhuc dicent in auribus tuis filii sterilitatis tuæ: Angustus est mihi locus; fac spatium mihi ut habitem.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.’

Notes

Isaiah 49:19–21

The population growth would extend beyond Israel to include people from other nations who turn to the Lord (see Isaiah 56:6–8; Revelation 7:9).
make room: The increased population would need space far beyond Israel's traditional borders (see also Zechariah 2:4).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

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