9. saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills.
10. They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them.
11. And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.
12. Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
13. Shout, ye heavens; and be joyful, thou earth; and break forth into singing, ye mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted ones.
14. But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.
15. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these forget, but I will not forget thee.
16. Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
17. Thy sons shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that laid thee waste shall go forth from thee.
18. Lift up thine eyes round about and behold: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt indeed clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and bind them on as a bride doth.
19. For in thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy destroyed land, thou shalt even now be too straitened by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
20. The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me: make room for me, that I may dwell.