Isaiah 49:13-15

New International Reader's Version

¹³ Shout for joy, you heavens!
    Be glad, you earth!
    Burst into song, you mountains!
The Lord will comfort his people.
    He will show his tender love to those who are suffering.

¹⁴ But the city of Zion said, “The Lord has deserted me.
    The Lord has forgotten me.”

¹⁵ The Lord answers, “Can a mother forget the baby
    who is nursing at her breast?
Can she stop having tender love
    for the child who was born to her?
She might forget her child.
    But I will not forget you.