the Lord GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See App-4.
lift up Mine hand. Idiom for "call". Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
Gentiles. nations.
people. peoples.
arms. bosom: the folds of the garment forming. large natural pocket; but children were, and still are, usually carried astride the shoulder as soon as they can sit.
daughters shall be carried. Showing the care they shall receive, for girls are usually left to shift for themselves. See note on Isaiah 60:4.