Isa 49:14-21 | NASB2020 | STEP | But Zion said , “The Lord has abandoned me, And the Lord has forgotten me.”

Isaiah 49:14-21

Promise to Zion

14 But Zion said, “The Lord has abandoned 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 ^aI will not forget you.
16 “Behold, I have ^binscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your ^cwalls are continually before Me.
17 “Your ^{▼▼Ancient versions and DSS; MT sons}builders hurry;
Your ^edestroyers and devastators
Will leave you.
18 “ ^fRaise your eyes and look around;
^gAll of them gather together, ^hthey come to you.
ⁱAs I live,” declares the Lord,
“You will certainly ^jput them all on as ^{▼▼Lit an ornament}jewelry and bind them on as a bride.
19 “For ^lyour ruins and deserted places and your destroyed land--
Now you will certainly be ^mtoo cramped for the inhabitants,
And those who ⁿswallowed you will be far away.
20 “The ^ochildren ^{▼▼Lit of your bereavement}you lost will yet say in your ears,
‘The place is too cramped for me;
Make room for me that I may live here.’
21 “Then you will ^qsay in your heart,
‘Who has fathered these for me,
Since I have been bereaved of my children
And ^rcannot conceive, and I am an ^sexile, and a wanderer?
And who has raised these?
Behold, I was ^tleft alone;
^{▼▼Lit These, where are they?
,} ^vWhere are these from?’”