13. No one argues that you should be healed.No medicine will heal you.
14. All your lovers have forgotten you,and they don’t want you anymore.I’ve punished you as an enemy would.I’ve corrected you as a cruel person would.You are very wicked, and you have many sins.
15. Why do you cry about your wound, your injury that can’t be cured?I’ve done this to you.You are very wicked, and you have many sins.
16. That is why everyone who devours you will be devoured,and all your enemies will be taken away as captives.Those who looted you will be looted.Those who stole from you in war will have things stolen from them.
17. I’ll restore your health and heal your wounds,” declares the Lord.“People call you an outcast:Zion, no one cares for you.
18. “This is what the Lord says:I’m going to bring the captives back to Jacob’s tentsand show compassion on their homes.Cities will be built on the ruins,and fortified palaces will be built in their rightful place.
19. The people who live there will sing songs of praise,and the sound of laughter will be heard from there.I’ll make them numerous, and their number won’t decrease.I’ll bring them honor, and they won’t be considered unimportant.
20. Their children will be like they were long ago.Their community will be established in my presence,and I will punish everyone who oppresses them.
21. Their leader will be someone from their own people.Their ruler will come from among them.I’ll bring him near, and he will come close to me.Who would dare to come near me?” asks the Lord.