21. Then you will think to yourself,‘Who bore these children for me?I was bereaved and barren,dismissed and divorced.Who raised these children?Look, I was left all alone;where did these children come from?’”
22. This is what the sovereign Lord says:“Look I will raise my hand to the nations;I will raise my signal flag to the peoples.They will bring your sons in their armsand carry your daughters on their shoulders.
23. Kings will be your children’s guardians;their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to youand they will lick the dirt on your feet.Then you will recognize that I am the Lord;those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.
24. Can spoils be taken from a warrior,or captives be rescued from a conqueror?
25. Indeed,” says the Lord,“captives will be taken from a warrior;spoils will be rescued from a conqueror.I will oppose your adversaryand I will rescue your children.
26. I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh;they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine.Then all humankind will recognize thatI am the Lord, your deliverer, your protector, the powerful ruler of Jacob.”