¹⁵ “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
    and have no compassion on the child^(A) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
    I will not forget you!^(B)

²¹ “Remember^(A) these things, Jacob,
    for you, Israel, are my servant.^(B)
I have made you, you are my servant;^(C)
    Israel, I will not forget you.^(D)

¹³ As a father has compassion^(A) on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;

²⁰ Is not Ephraim my dear son,
    the child^(A) in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
    I still remember^(B) him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
    I have great compassion^(C) for him,”
declares the Lord.

¹⁰ With their own hands compassionate women
    have cooked their own children,^(A)
who became their food
    when my people were destroyed.