O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, hear now the prayer of those of Israel who have died and of the children of those who sinned before you, who did not heed the voice of the Lord their God, so that calamities have clung to us.

Let no one rejoice over me, a widow and bereaved of many; I was left desolate because of the sins of my children, because they turned away from the law of God.

Go, my children, go, for I have been left desolate.

“Take courage, my children, cry to God, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemy.

My children, endure with patience the wrath that has come upon you from God. Your enemy has overtaken you, but you will soon see their destruction and will tread upon their necks.

My pampered children have traveled rough roads; they were taken away like a flock carried off by the enemy.

“Take courage, my children, and cry to God, for you will be remembered by the one who brought this upon you.

Wretched will be the cities that your children served as slaves; wretched will be the city that received your offspring.

Look, your children are coming, whom you sent away; they are coming, gathered from east and west, at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.

Arise, O Jerusalem, stand upon the height; look toward the east, and see your children gathered from west and east at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that God has remembered them.