14 The captives shall soon be released;they shall not die and go down into the pit,nor shall they want for bread.
15 For I am the Lord, your God,who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar;the Lord of hosts by name.
16 I have put my words into your mouth,I covered you, shielded by my hand,Stretching out the heavens,laying the foundations of the earth,saying to Zion: You are my people.
17 Wake up, wake up!Arise, Jerusalem,You who drank at the Lord’s handthe cup of his wrath;Who drained to the dregsthe bowl of staggering!
18 She has no one to guide herof all the children she bore;She has no one to take her by the hand,of all the children she reared!—
19 Your misfortunes are double;who is there to grieve with you?Desolation and destruction, famine and sword!Who is there to comfort you?
20 Your children lie helplessat every street cornerlike antelopes in a net.They are filled with the wrath of the Lord,the rebuke of your God.