⁸ The Lord said:
At the right time, I answered you;
    on a day of salvation, I helped you.
    I have guarded you,
    and given you as a covenant to the people, to restore the land,
    and to reassign deserted properties,
⁹     saying to the prisoners, “Come out,”
    and to those in darkness, “Show yourselves.”
Along the roads animals^[a] will graze;
    their pasture will be on every treeless hilltop.