12 Surely these shall come from afar;Look! Those from the north and the west,And these from the land of Sinim.”
13 Sing, O heavens!Be joyful, O earth!And break out in singing, O mountains!For the Lord has comforted His people,And will have mercy on His afflicted.
14 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,And my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child,And not have compassion on the son of her womb?Surely they may forget,Yet I will not forget you.
16 See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;Your walls are continually before Me.
17 Your sons shall make haste;Your destroyers and those who laid you wasteShall go away from you.
18 Lift up your eyes, look around and see;All these gather together and come to you.As I live,” says the Lord,“You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all as an ornament,And bind them on you as a bride does.