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But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,
the Lord has forgotten me.”
15
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!
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See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are ever before me.
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Your sons hasten back,
and those who laid you waste depart from you.
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Lift up your eyes and look around;
all your sons gather and come to you.
As surely as I live,” declares the Lord,
“you will wear them all as ornaments;
you will put them on, like a bride.
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“Though you were ruined and made desolate
and your land laid waste,
now you will be too small for your people,
and those who devoured you will be far away.
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The children born during your bereavement
will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
give us more space to live in.’
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Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who bore me these?
I was bereaved and barren;
I was exiled and rejected.
Who brought these up?
I was left all alone,
but these—where have they come from?’”