21 And thou shalt say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, and I was bereaved and barren, an exile, and outcast? and who hath nourished up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?

22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up my hand toward the nations, and set up my standard to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in the bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried on the shoulder,

23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their princesses thy nursing mothers: they shall bow themselves to thee face to the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord, on whom they that wait shall not be ashamed.

24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captive of the righteous delivered?

25 For thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered, and I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

26 And I will make them that oppress thee to eat their own flesh, and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with new wine; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy saviour and thy redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.