And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See, the place where we dwell with you is too small for us.
Isaiah 49:20 - The Scriptures 2009 “The sons of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, ‘The place is too narrow for me, make room for me to live.’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The children of your bereavement [born during your captivity] shall yet say in your ears, The place is too narrow for me; make room for me, that I may live. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible You will again hear the children who were born bereaved say, “The place is too crowded for me; make room for me to settle.” Catholic Public Domain Version 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The children of thy barrenness shall still say in thy ears: The place is too strait for me. Make me room to dwell in. |
And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See, the place where we dwell with you is too small for us.
“For when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst, they shall set apart My Name, and set apart the Set-apart One of Ya‛aqoḇ, and fear the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl.
“For יהוה shall comfort Tsiyon, He shall comfort all her waste places. For He makes her wilderness like Ěḏen, and her desert like the garden of יהוה. Joy and gladness are found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of song.
“Lift up your eyes all around and see: all of them have gathered, they have come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are supported on the side.
“Yet the number of the children of Yisra’ĕl shall be as the sand of the sea, which is not measured nor counted. And it shall be in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they shall be called, ‘You are the sons of the living Ěl.’
“And I shall bring them back from the land of Mitsrayim, and gather them from Ashshur, and bring them into the land of Gil‛aḏ and Leḇanon, until no more room is found for them.
and he said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Yerushalayim is to remain unwalled, because of the many men and livestock in it.
and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Aḇraham as father.’ For I say to you that Elohim is able to raise up children to Aḇraham from these stones.