⁸ This is what the Lord says:
“At a ^(A)favorable time I answered You,
And on a day of salvation I helped You;
And I will ^(B)watch over You and ^(C)make You a covenant of the people,
To ^[a](D)restore the land, to give as inheritances the deserted hereditary lands;

¹⁰ “^(A)Foreigners will build up your walls,
And their ^(B)kings will serve you;
For in My ^(C)wrath I struck you,
And in My favor I have had compassion on you.