9To say to the bound, "Come out," and to those who are in darkness, "Be revealed." They pasture along the ways, and their pasturing is in all the bareness.10They shall not hunger, nor shall they thirst, nor shall the scorching heat or the sun strike them; for the one who has compassion on them leads them, and he guides them beside springs of water.11And I will make all my mountains into a way, and my highways shall be exalted.12Behold, these come from afar, and behold, these come from the north and from the sea, and these come from the land of Syene.13Sing, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth; let the mountains break forth into singing, for the LORD has comforted his people, and he shows compassion to his afflicted.14But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me, and my LORD has forgotten me.15Can a woman forget her nursing child, so as not to have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.16Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.17Your sons hasten; your overthrowers and your destroyers depart from you.18Lift up your eyes all around and see: all of them gather and come to you. As I live, declares the LORD, you shall clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and you shall bind them on yourself like a bride.19For your desolate places and your ruined places and the land of your ruins, though you are now distressed for lack of inhabitants, those who swallowed you up will be far removed.20The children of your bereavement will yet say in your hearing, The place is too narrow for me; make room for me, that I may dwell.21Then you will say in your heart, Who has borne these for me, when I was bereaved and barren, exiled and put away? And who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; where then have these come from?22Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and I will raise my banner to the peoples, and they shall bring your sons in their arms and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.23Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers; with their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.24Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a righteous man be delivered?25For thus says the LORD: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken, and the prey of the ruthless shall be delivered; for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I am the LORD your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.