“Thus says Yahweh God.
‘I will soon lift up my hand
To the nations.
I will raise my signal
To the people.
They shall bring your sons
In their bosom.
Your daughters shall be carried
On their shoulders.
Kings shall be your foster fathers.
Queens shall be your nursing mothers.
With their faces to the ground,
They shall bow down to you.
They shall lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know
That I am Yahweh.
Those who wait for me
Shall not be put to shame.’”
Second Isaiah has this oracle of Yahweh where he was going to lift up his hand and give a signal to the nations and the people of the world. Everyone will come with their sons and daughters. Kings would become foster parents, while queens would be nursing mothers. These kings and queens would bow down before them and lick the dust off their feet. Then they would know that it was Yahweh who was putting them to shame. However, those who had been waiting for Yahweh will not be put to shame.