Isaiah 49:13-18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

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

¹⁴ But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me;
    my Lord has forgotten me.”^(B)
15 Can a woman forget her nursing child
    or show no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even these might forget,
    yet I will not forget you.^(C)
16 See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands;
    your walls are continually before me.^(D)
17 Your builders outdo your destroyers,^[a]
    and those who laid you waste go away from you.^(E)
18 Lift up your eyes all around and see;
    they all gather; they come to you.
As I live, says the Lord,
    you shall put all of them on like an ornament,
    and like a bride you shall bind them on.^(F)