^{14 Ref} But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.

^{15 Ref} Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.

^{16 Ref} Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

^{17 Ref} Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

^{18 Ref} Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and gird thyself with them, like a bride.