Isaiah 49:10-17

English Standard Version

¹⁰^(A)they shall not hunger or thirst,
    neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them,
for he who has pity on them ^(B)will lead them,
    and by springs of water will guide them.
¹¹^(C)And I will make all my mountains a road,
    and my highways shall be raised up.
¹²^(D)Behold, these shall come from afar,
    and behold, ^(E)these from the north and from the west,^[a]
    and these from the land of Syene.”^[b]

¹³^(F)Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord ^(G)has comforted his people
and will have compassion on his afflicted.

¹⁴But Zion said, ^(H)“The Lord has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me.”

¹⁵^(I)“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.
¹⁶Behold, ^(J)I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
    your walls are continually before me.
¹⁷Your builders make haste;^[c]
    ^(K)your destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.