Isaías 49:22-23

The first of the three short oracles describes the restoration of the exiles as a spontaneous act of homage on the part of the Gentiles. The conception is intermediate between that of ch. Isaías 45:14 ff., where the nations acknowledge the divinity of Jehovah and the religious supremacy of Israel, and that of ch.

Isaías 60:4; Isaías 60:8; Isaías 66:20; cf. ch. Isaías 11:11-12. For Gentilesread nations, and for people, peoples, as R.V.

set up my standard as a signal; see on ch. Isaías 5:26.

they shall bring thy sons in the bosom] of the garment (sinus) where little children were carried (Números 11:12). The word belongs to late Hebrew (Nehemías 5:13 [E.V. lap]; Salmo 129:7).