Isa 3:26, 51:17-20, 52:2, 54:3-8, 60:15, 62:4, 64:10, Lam 1:1-3 | ESV | STEP | And her gates shall lament and mourn ; empty , she shall sit on the ground .

17 ^cWake yourself, wake yourself,
stand up, O Jerusalem,
^dyou who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
the cup of his wrath,
who have drunk to the dregs
the bowl, ^ethe cup of staggering.
18 ^fThere is none to guide her
among all the sons she has borne;
there is none to take her by the hand
among all the sons she has brought up.
19 ^gThese two things have happened to you—
who will console you?—
devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
who will comfort you? ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Masoretic Text how shall I comfort you}
20 ⁱYour sons have fainted;
they lie at the head of every street
like an ^jantelope ^kin a net;
they are full of the wrath of the Lord,
the rebuke of your God.

Isaiah 52:2

2 ^lShake yourself from the dust and arise;
be seated, O Jerusalem;
^mloose the bonds from your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.

Isaiah 54:3-8

3 ⁿFor you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,
and your offspring will possess the nations
and will people the desolate cities.
4 “Fear not, ^ofor you will not be ashamed;
be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced;
for you will forget the shame of your youth,
and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
5 ^pFor your Maker is your husband,
the Lord of hosts is his name;
^qand the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer,
^rthe God of the whole earth he is called.
6 ^sFor the Lord has called you
like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,
like a wife of youth when she is cast off,
says your God.
7 ^tFor a brief moment I deserted you,
but with great compassion I will gather you.
8 ^uIn overflowing anger for a moment
I hid my face from you,
^vbut with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord, your Redeemer.

Isaiah 60:15

15 ^wWhereas you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one passing through,
^xI will make you majestic forever,
a joy from age to age.

Isaiah 62:4

4 ^yYou shall no more be termed ^zForsaken, ^{▼▼Hebrew Azubah}
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, ^{▼▼Hebrew Shemamah}
^acbut you shall be called ^adMy Delight Is in Her, ^{▼▼Hebrew Hephzibah}
and your land Married; ^{▼▼Hebrew Beulah}
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.

Isaiah 64:10

10 ^agYour holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.

Lamentations 1:1-3

How Lonely Sits the City

1 ^ahHow lonely sits the city
that was full of people!
How like ^aia widow has she become,
she who was great among the nations!
She who was ^aja princess among the provinces
has become ^aka slave.
2 ^alShe weeps bitterly in the night,
with tears on her cheeks;
^amamong all her lovers
she has ^annone to comfort her;
^aoall her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
they have become her enemies.
3 ^apJudah has gone into exile because of affliction
and hard servitude;
^aqshe dwells now among the nations,
^arbut finds no resting place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
in the midst of her distress. ^{▼▼Or in the narrow passes}