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13 Shout with joy, you heavens,
    and rock with glee, you earth!
        Break out in song, you mountains![a]
The Lord is comforting[b] his people
    and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

Zion Not Forgotten

14 “But Zion said, ‘The Lord has abandoned me,
    and my God[c] has forgotten me.’

15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child,
    or have no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even these mothers may forget;
    But as for me, I’ll never forget you!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:13 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Let the mountains break out; MTqere, mss read And break out, you mountains
  2. Isaiah 49:13 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read has comforted
  3. Isaiah 49:14 So 1QIsaa corrector; Lit. my God written above my Lord; MT LXX read my Lord