¹⁷ You are to speak this word to them:
Let my eyes overflow with tears;
day and night may they not stop,^(A)
for the virgin daughter of my people
has been destroyed by a great disaster,^(B)
an extremely severe wound.^(C)

⁴ Again I will build you so that you will be rebuilt,
Virgin Israel.
You will take up your tambourines again^(A)
and go out in joyful dancing.

²¹ Set up road markers^(A) for yourself;
establish signposts!
Keep the highway in mind,
the way you have traveled.
Return, Virgin Israel!
Return to these cities of yours.