NSB(i)
14 Zion replied: »Jehovah has forsaken me and Jehovah has forgotten me!«
15 Can a woman forget her nursing child? Will she have no compassion on the child from her womb? Although mothers forget, I will not forget you.
16 I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are constantly before me.
17 Your children will hurry back. Those who destroyed you and laid you waste will leave you.
18 Lift up your eyes and look around for they all gather together and come to you. »As I live,« declares Jehovah, »you will certainly wear them like jewels and bind them on like a bride does.«
19 »Even if you are destroyed and demolished, and your land is in ruins, you will be too crowed for your people. Those who devoured you will be long gone.
20 »‘The children removed from you will say to you: ‘This place is too crowed for me. Make room for me to live here.’
21 »‘You will think in your heart: ‘Who brought these children to birth? I am barren (sterile) and bereaved of my children. I am an exiled wonderer. Who gave birth to these? From where did these come?’