²¹ “Take courage, my children, cry to God,
    and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemy.
²² For I have put my hope in the Everlasting to save you,
    and joy has come to me from the Holy One,
because of the mercy which soon will come to you
    from your everlasting Savior.^[a]
23 For I sent you out with sorrow and weeping,
    but God will give you back to me with joy and gladness for ever.
²⁴ For as the neighbors of Zion have now seen your capture,
    so they soon will see your salvation by God,
which will come to you with great glory
    and with the splendor of the Everlasting.
²⁵ My children, endure with patience the wrath that has come upon you from God.
Your enemy has overtaken you,
    but you will soon see their destruction
    and will tread upon their necks.
²⁶ My tender sons have traveled rough roads;
    they were taken away like a flock carried off by the enemy.

²⁷ “Take courage, my children, and cry to God,
    for you will be remembered by him who brought this upon you.