23:049:011 And I will make all my mountains a way,
and my highways shall
be
exalted.
23:049:012 Behold, these shall come from far:
and, lo, these from the
north
and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
23:049:013 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth;
and break forth into
singing,
O mountains: for the lord hath comforted
his people,
and
will have mercy upon his afflicted.
23:049:014 But Zion said, The lord hath forsaken
me, and my Lord hath
forgotten
me.
23:049:015 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that
she should not have
compassion
on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet
will
I not forget thee.
23:049:016 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms
of my hands; thy
walls
are continually before me.
23:049:017 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers
and they that
made
thee waste shall go forth of thee.
23:049:018 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold:
all these gather
themselves
together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the
lord,
thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with
an
ornament,
and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
23:049:019 For thy waste and thy desolate places,
and the land of thy
destruction,
shall even now be too narrow by reason of the
inhabitants,
and they that swallowed thee up shall be far
away.
23:049:020 The children which thou shalt have, after
thou hast lost the
other,
shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait
for
me: give place to me that I may dwell.
23:049:021 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who
hath begotten me
these,
seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a
captive,
and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up
these?
Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
23:049:022 Thus saith the Lord god, Behold, I
will lift up mine hand to
the
Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people:
and they
shall
bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall
be
carried
upon their shoulders.
23:049:023 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers,
and their queens thy
nursing
mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their
face
toward
the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou
shalt
know that I am the lord: for they shall not
be ashamed
that
wait for me.
23:049:024 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty,
or the lawful captive
delivered?
23:049:025 But thus saith the lord, Even the
captives of the mighty shall
be
taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be
delivered:
for I will contend with him that contendeth with
thee,
and I will save thy children.


