Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

Lift up mine hand - i:e., beckon to them (note, ).

Set up my standard ( ) ... they shall bring thy sons in (their) arms - the Gentiles shall aid in restoring Israel to its own land (; ). Children able to support themselves are carried on the shoulders in the East; but infants, in the arms, or astride on one haunch (). "Thy sons" must be distinct from "the Gentiles," who carry them; and therefore cannot primarily refer to converts among the Gentiles.

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