Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beu
Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy fr
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drain
I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and
Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the st
Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses
For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much mo
Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter o
And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieg
How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess o
For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cit
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from J
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by t