¹³ Shout for joy,^(A) you heavens;
    rejoice, you earth;^(B)
    burst into song, you mountains!^(C)
For the Lord comforts^(D) his people
    and will have compassion^(E) on his afflicted ones.^(F)

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

¹⁵ “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
    and have no compassion on the child^(I) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
    I will not forget you!^(J)
16 See, I have engraved^(K) you on the palms of my hands;
    your walls^(L) are ever before me.

“I will extend peace^(A) to her like a river,^(B)
    and the wealth^(C) of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried^(D) on her arm
    and dandled on her knees.
¹³ As a mother comforts her child,^(E)
    so will I comfort^(F) you;
    and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”