13. Sing for joy, O heavens!Rejoice, O earth!Burst into song, O mountains!For the lord has comforted his peopleand will have compassion on them in their suffering.
14. Yet Jerusalem says, “The lord has deserted us;the Lord has forgotten us.”
15. “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child?Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?But even if that were possible,I would not forget you!
16. See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins.