14. But Zion said, “The Lord has abandoned me.My Lord has forgotten me.”
15. Can a woman forget her nursing child?Will she have no compassion on the child from her womb?Although mothers may forget,I will not forget you.
16. I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.Your walls are always in my presence.
17. Your children will hurry back.Those who destroyed you and laid waste to you will leave you.
18. Look up, look around, and watch!All of your children are gathering together and returning to you.“I solemnly swear as I live,” declares the Lord,“you will wear all of them like jewelsand display them on yourself as a bride would.”
19. Though you are destroyed and demolished and your land is in ruins,you will be too crowded for ⌊your⌋ people now.Those who devoured you will be long gone.
20. The children taken from you will say to you,“This place is too crowded for me.Make room for me to live here.”
21. Then you will ask yourself,“Who has fathered these ⌊children⌋ for me?I was childless and unable to have children.I was exiled and rejected.Who raised these ⌊children for me⌋?I was left alone.Where have they come from?”