Isa 49:14-18, 54:1-3, Gal 4:26 | ESV | STEP | But Zion said , The Lord has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.

Isaiah 49:14-18

14 But Zion said, ^a“The Lord has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 ^b“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
16 Behold, ^cI have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.
17 Your builders make haste; ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll; Masoretic Text Your children make haste}
^eyour destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.
18 ^fLift up your eyes around and see;
they all gather, they come to you.
^gAs I live, declares the Lord,
^hyou shall put them all on as an ornament;
you shall bind them on as a bride does.

Isaiah 54:1-3

The Eternal Covenant of Peace

1 ⁱ“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;
break forth into singing and cry aloud,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of ^jthe desolate one ^kwill be more
than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord.
2 ^l“Enlarge the place of your tent,
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
and strengthen your stakes.
3 ^mFor you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,
and your offspring will possess the nations
and will people the desolate cities.

Galatians 4:26

26 But ⁿthe Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.