CLV(i)
14 Yet saying is Zion, "I am forsaken by Yahweh, and my Lord has forgotten me."
15 Will a woman forget her child, not to have compassion on the son of her belly? Even if these a woman will forget, yet I will not forget you,says Yahweh."
16 Behold! On My palms I tattoo you, and your walls are in front of Me continually."
17 Your sons hasten more than your demolishers, and those who made you a desert, are faring forth from you."
18 Lift your eyes around and see them all. They are convened and come to you. "Living am I,averring is Yahweh, "For with them all, as an ornament, shall you be clothed, and you shall tie them on as a bride her wreath."
19 For they are your deserts and your desolations, and the land of your demolitions, for now are you constricted because of the dweller, yet far away are they who swallowed you up."
20 Further, the sons of your bereavements shall say in your ears, `Constricted for me is the place. Come close to me and I will dwell.'"
21 And you say in your heart, `Who generated these for me, while I was bereaved and a widow, and deported and withdrawn? And these--who brought them up for me? Behold! I remained alone. Yet these-- whereat were they?'"
22 For thus says my Lord Yahweh, "Behold! I will lift My hand to the nations, and to the peoples will I raise My banner high. And they bring your sons in a bosom pouch, and your daughters on the shoulders shall be borne,
23 and kings become your foster fathers, and their chiefesses your wet nurses. Nostrils to the earth, shall they prostrate to you, and the soil at your feet shall they lick up. Then you shall know that I am Yahweh, and those expecting Me shall not be ashamed."