Isaiah 49:16-18

International Children’s Bible

¹⁶ See, I have written your name on my hand.
    Jerusalem, I always think about your walls.
¹⁷ Your children will soon return to you.
    And the people who defeated you and destroyed you will leave.
¹⁸ Look up and look around you.
    All your children are gathering to return to you.”
The Lord says, “As surely as I live,
    your children will be like jewels.
    You will be as proud of them as a bride is of her jewels.