Isaiah 49:13-17

13Shout with joy, everything in the sky! Be happy, everything on the earth! Sing loudly, you mountains! Be happy, because the Lord comforts his people. He will be kind to his people who have trouble and pain.

14But Zion's people said, ‘The Lord has left us alone. The Lord God has forgotten about us.’

15The Lord replies, ‘Can a mother forget the baby who drinks milk at her breast? Can she refuse to be kind to the child that she has given birth to? Perhaps those mothers might forget their children. But I would not ever forget you, Zion.

16Look! I have written your name on my own hand. I always see the walls of your city in my mind.

17Your children will hurry back to you, to build you again. The enemies who destroyed you will go away.