Isaiah 49:23 meaning and explanation
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
Isaiah 49:23, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
The Lord God is speaking to Jerusalem, personified as a bereaved mother who feels abandoned (verse 14). In a reversal of conquest, the very kings and queens who once destroyed her will now nurture her children like foster fathers and nursing mothers.
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