“‘Your wound^(A) is incurable,
    your injury beyond healing.^(B)
13 There is no one to plead your cause,^(C)
    no remedy for your sore,
    no healing^(D) for you.
¹⁴ All your allies^(E) have forgotten you;
    they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy^(F) would
    and punished you as would the cruel,^(G)
because your guilt is so great
    and your sins^(H) so many.
¹⁵ Why do you cry out over your wound,
    your pain that has no cure?^(I)
Because of your great guilt and many sins
    I have done these things to you.^(J)

“‘I will restore the fortunes^(A) of Jacob’s tents^(B)
    and have compassion^(C) on his dwellings;
the city will be rebuilt^(D) on her ruins,
    and the palace will stand in its proper place.
¹⁹ From them will come songs^(E) of thanksgiving^(F)
    and the sound of rejoicing.^(G)
I will add to their numbers,^(H)
    and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,^(I)
    and they will not be disdained.
²⁰ Their children^(J) will be as in days of old,
    and their community will be established^(K) before me;
    I will punish^(L) all who oppress them.
²¹ Their leader^(M) will be one of their own;
    their ruler will arise from among them.^(N)
I will bring him near^(O) and he will come close to me—
    for who is he who will devote himself
    to be close to me?’
declares the Lord.
²² “‘So you will be my people,^(P)
    and I will be your God.^(Q)’”