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Isaiah 49:13-18
English Standard Version
Isaiah 49:13-18
English Standard Version
13 (A)Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord (B)has comforted his people
and will have compassion on his afflicted.
14 But Zion said, (C)“The Lord has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 (D)“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
16 Behold, (E)I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.
17 Your builders make haste;[a]
(F)your destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.
18 (G)Lift up your eyes around and see;
they all gather, they come to you.
(H)As I live, declares the Lord,
(I)you shall put them all on as an ornament;
you shall bind them on as a bride does.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:17 Dead Sea Scroll; Masoretic Text Your children make haste
Isaiah 49:13-18
New International Version
Isaiah 49:13-18
New International Version
13 Shout for joy,(A) you heavens;
rejoice, you earth;(B)
burst into song, you mountains!(C)
For the Lord comforts(D) his people
and will have compassion(E) on his afflicted ones.(F)
15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child(I) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!(J)
16 See, I have engraved(K) you on the palms of my hands;
your walls(L) are ever before me.
17 Your children hasten back,
and those who laid you waste(M) depart from you.
18 Lift up your eyes and look around;
all your children gather(N) and come to you.
As surely as I live,(O)” declares the Lord,
“you will wear(P) them all as ornaments;
you will put them on, like a bride.
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