Isaiah 49:14 - 49:21

But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me,

And the Lord has forgotten me.”

“Can a woman forget her infant

And have no compassion on the son of her womb?

Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.

Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;

Your walls are continually before Me.

Your builders hurry;

Your destroyers and devastators

Will depart from you.

Lift up your eyes and look around;

All of them gather together; they come to you.

As I live,” declares Yahweh,

“You will surely put on all of them as jewels and bind them on as a bride.

For your devastated and desolate places and your destroyed land—

Surely now you will be too cramped for the inhabitants,

And those who swallowed you will be far away.

The children of whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears,

‘The place is too cramped for me;

Make room for me that I may live here.’

Then you will say in your heart,

‘Who has borne these for me?

Indeed, I have been bereaved of my children

And am barren, an exile and a wanderer.

And who has reared these?

Behold, I remained alone;

From where did these come?’”