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It’s crowded here!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/49.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The children of your bereavement will yet say in your ears: ‘The place is too narrow for me; make room for me to dwell in.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/49.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/49.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place <i>is</i> too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/49.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The children you will have, After you have lost the others, Will say again in your ears, ‘The place <i>is</i> too small for me; Give me a place where I may dwell.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/49.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The children you lost will yet say in your ears, ‘The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live <i>here.</i>’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/49.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The children of whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, &#8216The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live here.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/49.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The children of whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, ‘The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live <i>here</i>.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/49.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The children of whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, ‘The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live <i>here</i>.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/49.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The children of your bereavement [those born in captivity] will yet say in your ears, ‘The place is too cramped for me’; Make room for me that I may live <i>here</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/49.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet as you listen, the children that you have been deprived of will say, ‘This place is too small for me; make room for me so that I may settle.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/49.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet as you listen, the children that you have been deprived of will say, This place is too small for me; make room for me so that I may settle.&#8217 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/49.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/49.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jerusalem is a woman whose children were born while she was in deep sorrow over the loss of her husband. Now those children will come and seek room in the crowded city, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/49.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/49.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The children taken from you will say to you, "This place is too crowded for me. Make room for me to live here."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/49.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Your people who were born in exile will one day say to you, 'This land is too small--we need more room to live in!' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/49.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"The children who are grieving at present will yet say in your hearing, 'This place is too crowded for me; make room for me, so I may have a place to live.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/49.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/49.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing, 'This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/49.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/49.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thy ears, The place is too narrow for me: give place to me that I may dwell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/49.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/49.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Again the sons of your bereavement say in your ears: The place is too narrow for me, "" Come near to me—and I dwell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/49.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: 'The place is too strait for me, Come nigh to me -- and I dwell.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/49.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Yet shall the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears, The place is strait to me: draw near to me and I shall dwell.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/49.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The children of thy barrenness shall still say in thy ears: The place is too strait for me, make me room to dwell in. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/49.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Even the children of your barrenness will say in your ears: “This place is too narrow for me. Make me a spacious place in which to dwell.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/49.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The children of whom you were bereft shall yet say in your hearing, “This place is too narrow for me, make room for me to live in.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/49.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The children born in the time of your bereavement will yet say in your hearing: “The place is too crowded for me; make room for me to settle.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/49.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The children which you shall have during the time of your bereavement shall say again in your ears, The place is too narrow for us; make room for us to dwell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/49.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Again, the children of your destitution shall say in your ears: “The place is constricted for us. Come to us! Let us settle down!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/49.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The children of thy bereavement Shall yet say in thine ears: 'The place is too strait for me; Give place to me that I may dwell.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/49.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For thy sons whom thou hast lost shall say in thine ears, The place <i>is too</i> narrow for me: make room for me that I may dwell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/49-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=11132" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/49.htm">You are My Servant</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">Yet</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the children</a> <a href="/hebrew/7923.htm" title="7923: šik·ku·lā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Bereavement, childlessness. Plural from shakol; childlessness.">of your bereavement</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yō·mə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">will say</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: ḇə·’ā·zə·na·yiḵ (Prep-b:: N-fdc:: 2fs) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear.">in your hearing,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: ham·mā·qō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">‘This place</a> <a href="/hebrew/6862.htm" title="6862: ṣar- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent. Or tsar; from tsarar; narrow; a tight place; also a pebble; an opponent.">is too small for us;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5066.htm" title="5066: gə·šāh- (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- To draw near, approach. ">make room</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">for us</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: wə·’ê·šê·ḇāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">to live here.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Isaiah 54:1-3</a></span><br />“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD. / “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep. / For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-4.htm">Isaiah 60:4</a></span><br />Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-22.htm">Isaiah 60:22</a></span><br />The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-4.htm">Isaiah 62:4-5</a></span><br />No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. / For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-8.htm">Isaiah 66:8</a></span><br />Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-8.htm">Jeremiah 31:8</a></span><br />Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-27.htm">Jeremiah 31:27</a></span><br />“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-37.htm">Ezekiel 36:37-38</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock. / Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-4.htm">Zechariah 8:4-5</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age. / And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-8.htm">Zechariah 10:8-10</a></span><br />I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were. / Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return. / I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a></span><br />And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-11.htm">Matthew 8:11</a></span><br />I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-29.htm">Luke 13:29</a></span><br />People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-12.htm">John 1:12-13</a></span><br />But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— / children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-39.htm">Acts 2:39</a></span><br />This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The children which you shall have, after you have lost the other, shall say again in your ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.</p><p class="hdg">children</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/60-4.htm">Isaiah 60:4</a></b></br> Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at <i>thy</i> side.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10</a></b></br> Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> in the place where it was said unto them, Ye <i>are</i> not my people, <i>there</i> it shall be said unto them, <i>Ye are</i> the sons of the living God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a></b></br> And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to <i>our</i> father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.</p><p class="hdg">the place</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm">Isaiah 51:3</a></b></br> For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Isaiah 54:1,2</a></b></br> Sing, O barren, thou <i>that</i> didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou <i>that</i> didst not travail with child: for more <i>are</i> the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/17-14.htm">Joshua 17:14-16</a></b></br> And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me <i>but</i> one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I <i>am</i> a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/songs/6-6.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/psalms/35-12.htm">Bereavement</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-8.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-7.htm">Born</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-17.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Cramped</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-13.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-7.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-16.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-13.htm">Lost</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Narrow</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-20.htm">Nigh</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-17.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Room</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Small</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Space</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Strait</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Wide</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/49-21.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Bereavement</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-2.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-8.htm">Born</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-21.htm">Children</a> <a href="/job/20-22.htm">Cramped</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-6.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-5.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-21.htm">Lost</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Narrow</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-8.htm">Nigh</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-9.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">Room</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-7.htm">Small</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-3.htm">Space</a> <a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Strait</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Wide</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 49</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-1.htm">Christ being sent to the Jews, complains of them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-5.htm">He is sent to the Gentiles with gracious promises</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-13.htm">God's love is perpetual to his church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm">The ample restoration of the church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-24.htm">The powerful deliverance out of captivity</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/49.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/49.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Yet the children of your bereavement</b><br>This phrase refers to the descendants of Israel who were once thought lost or destroyed due to exile and suffering. The term "bereavement" suggests a period of mourning and loss, reflecting the historical context of the Babylonian exile when many Israelites were taken captive, and the land was left desolate. This imagery is reminiscent of the promise of restoration and hope found in other prophetic books, such as <a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Jeremiah 31:15-17</a>, where Rachel weeps for her children, but God promises their return.<p><b>will say in your hearing</b><br>The phrase indicates a direct communication and a personal experience of witnessing the fulfillment of God's promises. It suggests a future time when the people of Israel will audibly hear their descendants proclaiming their return and growth. This can be connected to the prophetic assurance in <a href="/isaiah/40.htm">Isaiah 40:1-2</a>, where comfort is promised to God's people, and their sins are pardoned.<p><b>‘This place is too small for us;</b><br>This statement reflects the anticipated growth and prosperity of the nation of Israel. The land, once desolate and underpopulated due to exile, will become too small to accommodate the returning exiles and their descendants. This echoes the Abrahamic covenant in <a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a>, where God promises Abraham that his descendants will be as numerous as the stars, indicating a future of abundance and blessing.<p><b>make room for us to live here.’</b><br>The call to "make room" signifies the need for expansion and preparation for the returning exiles. It implies a transformation of the land and society to accommodate the growing population. This can be seen as a type of the ultimate restoration and expansion of God's kingdom, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Isaiah 54:2-3</a>, where the tent is enlarged to welcome the nations. It also foreshadows the inclusive nature of the New Covenant, where all believers, Jew and Gentile, are grafted into the family of God, as described in <a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17-24</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah and spoke of both judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zion/jerusalem.htm">Zion/Jerusalem</a></b><br>Often used symbolically to represent the people of Israel, Zion is the city of God and the center of His promises to His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/children_of_bereavement.htm">Children of Bereavement</a></b><br>This phrase refers to the descendants of Israel who were thought to be lost or barren but are now numerous and thriving.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/exile_and_return.htm">Exile and Return</a></b><br>The historical context involves the Babylonian exile and the promise of return and restoration for the people of Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_promise_of_restoration.htm">God’s Promise of Restoration</a></b><br>This event is a prophetic vision of the future growth and blessing of Israel, despite past desolation and loss.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_restoration.htm">God’s Faithfulness in Restoration</a></b><br>Despite periods of loss and desolation, God remains faithful to His promises. He can bring growth and abundance from situations that seem barren.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_surprising_growth_of_god's_people.htm">The Surprising Growth of God’s People</a></b><br>Just as the children of bereavement find their space too small, God’s blessings often exceed our expectations. We should be prepared for His abundant provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_times_of_desolation.htm">Hope in Times of Desolation</a></b><br>When we feel spiritually barren or desolate, we can trust in God’s promise of restoration and growth. He can transform our circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_readiness.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Readiness</a></b><br>As God’s people, we must be ready to expand and make room for His blessings. This involves spiritual preparation and openness to His plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_expansion.htm">Community and Expansion</a></b><br>The growth of God’s people is not just individual but communal. We should work together to make space for others in our spiritual communities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_49.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 49</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_aborted_babies_enter_heaven.htm">Do aborted babies enter heaven?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_abraham_important_in_the_bible.htm">Why is Abraham significant in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'called_by_his_purpose'_mean.htm">How is Jesus represented in each book of the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'trespass'_mean_in_the_bible.htm">How can something exist if I can't understand it?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/49.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">The children which thou shalt have . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">the children of thy bereavement </span>(i.e., born when Zion thought herself bereaved) <span class= "ital">shall yet say </span><span class= "bld">. . .</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/49.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The children which thou shalt</span> <span class="cmt_word">have, after thou hast lost the other</span>; literally, <span class="accented">the children of thy bereavement</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the Gentiles who shall replace those many faithless Israelites who refused to return when Cyrus issued his edict, and became lost to the Church of God. <span class="cmt_word">The place is too strait for me</span> (see the comment on ver. 19). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/49-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Yet</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֚וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the children</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your bereavement</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁכֻּלָ֑יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(šik·ku·lā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7923.htm">Strong's 7923: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bereavement, childlessness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will say</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאמְר֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your hearing,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְאָזְנַ֔יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·’ā·zə·na·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_241.htm">Strong's 241: </a> </span><span class="str2">Broadness, the ear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘This place</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמָּק֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is too small for us;</span><br /><span class="heb">צַר־</span> <span class="translit">(ṣar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6862.htm">Strong's 6862: </a> </span><span class="str2">Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">make room</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּשָׁה־</span> <span class="translit">(gə·šāh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5066.htm">Strong's 5066: </a> </span><span class="str2">To draw near, approach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for us to live here.’</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵשֵֽׁבָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ê·šê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/49-20.htm">Isaiah 49:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/49-20.htm">Isaiah 49:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/49-20.htm">Isaiah 49:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/49-20.htm">Isaiah 49:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/49-20.htm">Isaiah 49:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/49-20.htm">Isaiah 49:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/49-20.htm">Isaiah 49:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/49-20.htm">Isaiah 49:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/49-20.htm">Isaiah 49:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/49-20.htm">Isaiah 49:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/49-20.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 49:20 The children of your bereavement shall yet (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 49:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 49:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/49-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 49:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 49:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>