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13 Shout with joy, everything in the sky!
    Be happy, everything on the earth!
    Sing loudly, you mountains!
Be happy, because the Lord comforts his people.
    He will be kind to his people who have trouble and pain.

14 But Zion's people said,
    ‘The Lord has left us alone.
    The Lord God has forgotten about us.’
15 The Lord replies,
‘Can a mother forget the baby
    who drinks milk at her breast?
Can she refuse to be kind to the child
    that she has given birth to?
Perhaps those mothers might forget their children.
    But I would not ever forget you, Zion.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 49:15 Here, the Lord is talking to Jerusalem (Zion), as if it is a person.

13 Shout for joy,(A) you heavens;
    rejoice, you earth;(B)
    burst into song, you mountains!(C)
For the Lord comforts(D) his people
    and will have compassion(E) on his afflicted ones.(F)

14 But Zion(G) said, “The Lord has forsaken(H) me,
    the Lord has forgotten me.”

15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
    and have no compassion on the child(I) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
    I will not forget you!(J)

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