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. ‡

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.” ’ ‡

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. ‡

20 Their children also shall be ^aas before,
And their congregation shall be established before Me;
And I will punish all who oppress them. ‡