Isaiah 49:20 meaning and explanation

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.’

Isaiah 49:20, Berean Standard Bible

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In context, God is answering Zion's cry that she has been forsaken (verse 14). Jerusalem is pictured as a bereaved, childless mother, yet her children of bereavement, those lost to exile, will return and speak in her hearing.

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