Isaiah 49:11-19

New International Version

¹¹ I will turn all my mountains into roads,
    and my highways^(A) will be raised up.^(B)
12 See, they will come from afar^(C)—
    some from the north, some from the west,^(D)
    some from the region of Aswan.^[a]”

¹³ Shout for joy,^(E) you heavens;
    rejoice, you earth;^(F)
    burst into song, you mountains!^(G)
For the Lord comforts^(H) his people
    and will have compassion^(I) on his afflicted ones.^(J)

¹⁴ But Zion^(K) said, “The Lord has forsaken^(L) me,
    the Lord has forgotten me.”

¹⁵ “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
    and have no compassion on the child^(M) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
    I will not forget you!^(N)
16 See, I have engraved^(O) you on the palms of my hands;
    your walls^(P) are ever before me.
¹⁷ Your children hasten back,
    and those who laid you waste^(Q) depart from you.
¹⁸ Lift up your eyes and look around;
    all your children gather^(R) and come to you.
As surely as I live,^(S)” declares the Lord,
    “you will wear^(T) them all as ornaments;
    you will put them on, like a bride.

¹⁹ “Though you were ruined and made desolate^(U)
    and your land laid waste,^(V)
now you will be too small for your people,^(W)
    and those who devoured^(X) you will be far away.