Isaiah 49:22-23

49:22 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 arms

and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

49:23 Kings will be your children’s ¹  guardians;

their princesses will nurse your children. ² 

With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you

and they will lick the dirt on ³  your feet.

Then you will recognize that I am the Lord;

those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.

Isaiah 60:14-16

60:14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you;

all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet.

They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord,

Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’ ⁴ 

60:15 You were once abandoned

and despised, with no one passing through,

but I will make you ⁵  a permanent source of pride

and joy to coming generations.

60:16 You will drink the milk of nations;

you will nurse at the breasts of kings. ⁶ 

Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer,

your protector, ⁷  the powerful ruler of Jacob. ⁸ 

Galatians 3:28

3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave ⁹  nor free, there is neither male nor female ¹⁰  – for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

¹ tn Heb “your,” but Zion here stands by metonymy for her children (see v. 22b).

² tn Heb “you.” See the preceding note.

³ tn Or “at your feet” (NAB, NIV); NLT “from your feet.”

⁴ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

⁵ tn Heb “Instead of your being abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you.”

⁶ sn The nations and kings are depicted as a mother nursing her children. Restored Zion will be nourished by them as she receives their wealth as tribute.

⁷ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

⁸ sn See 1:24 and 49:26.

⁹ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 1:10.

¹⁰ tn Grk “male and female.”