Isaiah 49:20
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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.Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’
In other translations
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.Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’
Hebrew words
עוֹדodyetH5750יֹאמְרוּyomeruthey will sayH559בְאָזְנַיִךְve'azenayikhin ears yourH241בְּנֵיbenei[the] children ofH1121שִׁכֻּלָיִךְshikulayikhbereavement<s> yourH7923צַר־tzar-it is crampedH6862לִיlifor meהַמָּקוֹםhamakomthe placeH4725גְּשָׁה־geshah-draw near !H5066לִּיlifor meוְאֵשֵׁבָה׃ve'eshevahso let me dwellH3427
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