21. You shall ask yourself:“Who has borne me these,when I was bereft and barren?Exiled and repudiated,who has reared them?I was left all alone;where then do these come from?”
22. Thus says the Lord God:See, I will lift up my hand to the nations,and to the peoples raise my signal;They shall bring your sons in their arms,your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23. Kings shall be your guardians,their princesses your nursemaids;Face to the ground, they shall bow down before youand lick the dust at your feet.Then you shall know that I am the Lord,none who hope in me shall be ashamed.
24. Can plunder be taken from a warrior,or captives rescued from a tyrant?
25. Thus says the Lord:Yes, captives can be taken from a warrior,and plunder rescued from a tyrant;Those who oppose you I will oppose,and your sons I will save.
26. I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,and they shall be drunk with their own bloodas though with new wine.All flesh shall knowthat I, the Lord, am your savior,your redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.