12. Look, people are coming to me from far away,from the north and from the west,from Aswan in southern Egypt.”
13. Heavens and earth, be happy.Mountains, shout with joy,because the Lord comforts his peopleand will have pity on those who suffer.
14. But Jerusalem said, “The Lord has left me;the Lord has forgotten me.”
15. The Lord answers, “Can a woman forget the baby she nurses?Can she feel no kindness for the child to which she gave birth?Even if she could forget her children,I will not forget you.
16. See, I have written your name on my hand.Jerusalem, I always think about your walls.
17. Your children will soon return to you,and the people who defeated you and destroyed you will leave.