Isaiah 49:8-16

8Thus says Adonai: “In a time of favor I will answer you. in a day of salvation I will help you. I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, to restore the land, to make them possess its desolate inheritances,

9saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out!’ to those in darkness, ‘Be shown!’ Along the roads they will graze— their pasture will be on all the barren heights.

10They will not hunger or thirst, nor scorching wind or sun strike them, for their compassionate One will lead them, and will guide them by springs of water.

11I will make all My mountains a road, and My highways will be raised up.

12“Behold, these shall come from afar. behold, these from the north and from the west, and from the land of Sinim.

13Shout for joy, heavens! Rejoice, earth! Break forth into ringing shouts, O mountains! For Adonai has comforted His people and has compassion on His afflicted.”

14But Zion said: “Adonai has forsaken me, Adonai has forgotten me.”

15“Can a woman forget her nursing baby or lack compassion for a child of her womb? Even if these forget, I will not forget you.

16Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of My hands. Your walls are continually before Me.