Isaiah 49:14-26

14But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, And the Lord has forgotten me.”15“Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but 1I will not forget you.16Behold, I have 2inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your 3walls are continually before Me.17Your 4builders hurry; Your 5destroyers and devastators Will depart from you.186Lift up your eyes and look around; 7All of them gather together, 8they come to you. 9As I live,” declares the Lord, “You will surely 10put on all of them as 11jewels and bind them on as a bride.19For 12your waste and desolate places and your destroyed land-- Surely now you will be 13too cramped for the inhabitants, And those who 14swallowed you will be far away.20The 15children of 16whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, ‘The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live here.’21Then you will 17say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me, Since I have been bereaved of my children And am 18barren, an 19exile and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Behold, I was 20left alone; 2122From where did these come?’”

22Thus says the Lord 23God, “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations And set up My 24standard to the peoples; And they will 25bring your sons in their bosom, And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.2326Kings will be your guardians, And their princesses your nurses. They will 27bow down to you with their faces to the earth And 28lick the dust of your feet; And you will 29know that I am the Lord; Those who hopefully 30wait for Me will 31not be put to shame.

24“32Can the prey be taken from the mighty man, Or the captives of 33a tyrant be rescued?” 25Surely, thus says the Lord, “Even the 34captives of the mighty man will be taken away, And the prey of the tyrant will be rescued; For I will contend with the one who contends with you, And I will 35save your sons.26I will feed your 36oppressors with their 37own flesh, And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And 38all flesh will know that I, the Lord, am your 39Savior And your 40Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”