14 aAll your lovers have forgotten you;
They do not seek you;
For I have wounded you with the wound bof an enemy,
With the chastisement cof a cruel one,
For the multitude of your iniquities,
dBecause your sins have increased.
They do not seek you;
For I have wounded you with the wound bof an enemy,
With the chastisement cof a cruel one,
For the multitude of your iniquities,
dBecause your sins have increased.
15 Why ado you cry about your affliction?
Your sorrow is incurable.
Because of the multitude of your iniquities,
Because your sins have increased,
I have done these things to you.
Your sorrow is incurable.
Because of the multitude of your iniquities,
Because your sins have increased,
I have done these things to you.
16 ‘Therefore all those who devour you ashall be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into bcaptivity;
Those who plunder you shall become cplunder,
And all who prey upon you I will make a dprey.
And all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into bcaptivity;
Those who plunder you shall become cplunder,
And all who prey upon you I will make a dprey.
17 aFor I will restore health to you
And heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord,
‘Because they called you an outcast saying:
“This is Zion;
No one seeks her.” ’
And heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord,
‘Because they called you an outcast saying:
“This is Zion;
No one seeks her.” ’
18 “Thus says the Lord:
‘Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents,
And ahave mercy on his dwelling places;
The city shall be built upon its own1 mound,
And the palace shall remain according to its own plan.
‘Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents,
And ahave mercy on his dwelling places;
The city shall be built upon its own1 mound,
And the palace shall remain according to its own plan.
19 Then aout of them shall proceed thanksgiving
And the voice of those who make merry;
bI will multiply them, and they shall not diminish;
I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
And the voice of those who make merry;
bI will multiply them, and they shall not diminish;
I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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