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.