Isaiah 49:14-21 — Legacy Standard Bible

Promise to Zion

¹⁴But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me,And the Lord has forgotten me.”¹⁵“Can a woman forget her infantAnd have no compassion on the son of her womb?Even these may forget, but ^aI will not forget you.¹⁶“Behold, I have ^ainscribed you on the palms of My hands;Your ^bwalls are continually before Me.¹⁷“Your ¹builders hurry;Your ^adestroyers and devastatorsWill depart from you.¹⁸“^aLift up your eyes and look around;^bAll of them gather together; ^cthey come to you.^dAs I live,” declares Yahweh,“You will surely ^eput on all of them as ¹jewels and bind them on as a bride.¹⁹“For ^ayour ¹devastated and desolate places and your destroyed land—Surely now you will be ^btoo cramped for the inhabitants,And those who ^cswallowed you will be far away.²⁰“The ^achildren of ¹whom 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.’²¹“Then you will ^asay in your heart,‘Who has borne these for me?Indeed, I have been bereaved of my childrenAnd am ^bbarren, an ^cexile and a wanderer.And who has reared these?Behold, I ^dremained alone;¹^,^eFrom where did these come?’”