8 This is what the Lord says:“At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you;in the day of deliverance I will help you;I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people,to rebuild the landand to reassign the desolate property.
9 You will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’and to those who are in dark dungeons, ‘Emerge.’They will graze beside the roads;on all the slopes they will find pasture.
10 They will not be hungry or thirsty;the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them;he will lead them to springs of water.
11 I will make all my mountains into a road;I will construct my roadways.”
12 Look, they come from far away!Look, some come from the north and west,and others from the land of Sinim!
13 Shout for joy, O sky!Rejoice, O earth!Let the mountains give a joyful shout!For the Lord consoles his peopleand shows compassion to the oppressed.
14 “Zion said, ‘The Lord has abandoned me,the sovereign master has forgotten me.’