15 “Instead of being forsaken and hated
With no one passing through,
I will make you an everlasting pride,
A joy from generation to generation.
16 You will also suck the milk of nations
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
And instead of iron I will bring silver,
And instead of wood, bronze,
And instead of stones, iron.
And I will make peace your overseers
And righteousness your taskmasters.
18 Violence will not be heard again in your land,
Nor devastation or destruction within your borders;
But you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise.
19 No longer will you have the sun for light by day,
Nor for brightness will the moon give you light;
But you will have Yahweh for an everlasting light,
And your God for your glory.
20 Your sun will no longer set,
Nor will your moon wane;
For you will have Yahweh for an everlasting light,
And the days of your mourning will be finished.
21 Then all your people will be righteous;
They will possess the land forever,
The branch of My planting,
The work of My hands,
That I may show forth My beautiful glory.
22 The smallest one will become a clan,
And the miniscule one a mighty nation.
I, Yahweh, will hasten it in its time.”