New American Standard Bible

Isaiah 49:11-17 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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

12. "Behold, these will come from afar; And lo, these will come from the north and from the west, And these from the land of Sinim."

13. Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted.

14. But 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 I will not forget you.

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

17. "Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will depart from you.