Midrash for Isaiah 49:1
שִׁמְע֤וּ אִיִּים֙ אֵלַ֔י וְהַקְשִׁ֥יבוּ לְאֻמִּ֖ים מֵרָח֑וֹק יְהוָה֙ מִבֶּ֣טֶן קְרָאָ֔נִי מִמְּעֵ֥י אִמִּ֖י הִזְכִּ֥יר שְׁמִֽי׃
Listen, O isles, unto me, And hearken, ye peoples, from far: The LORD hath called me from the womb, From the bowels of my mother hath He made mention of my name;
Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)
(Fol. 15) R. Elazar said again: "Not to everyone is it permitted to praise God by rising or by bowing. Kings may do so by rising, and princes by bowing. Kings may do so by rising, as it is said (Is. 49, 1 ) Thus hath said the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to Him who is despised of men, to him who is abhorred of nations, to a servant of rulers, kings shall see and arise. Princes may do so by prostrating themselves, as it is said (Ib.) Princes, and they shall prostrate themselves." R. Zera, and according to others Samuel b. Nachmeni, contradicted this: "If the verse read, and princes shall prostrate themselves, it would be correct; but since it reads princes, and they shall prostrate, etc., it implies that they may do both."
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