Isaiah 49:8–16 · BSB
49:8
This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
49:9
to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
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49:10
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
49:11
I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.
49:12
Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
49:13
Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
49:14
But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
49:15
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
49:16
Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.
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