16 “Behold, I have (A)inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your (B)walls are continually before Me.
17 “Your [a]builders hurry;
Your (C)destroyers and devastators
Will depart from you.
18 (D)Lift up your eyes and look around;
(E)All of them gather together, (F)they come to you.
(G)As I live,” declares the Lord,
“You will surely (H)put on all of them as [b]jewels and bind them on as a bride.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:17 So ancient versions and DSS; M.T. reads sons
  2. Isaiah 49:18 Lit an ornament