Isaiah 49:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ See, I have ·written [engraved; inscribed] your name on my ·hand [palms].
    ·Jerusalem, I always think about your walls [^LYour walls are always before me; ^Cdestroyed by the Babylonians].
¹⁷ Your children ·will soon return to you [^Lhurry; hasten],
    and the people who defeated you and destroyed you will leave.
¹⁸ ·Look up [^LLift up your eyes] and look around you.
    All your children are gathering to return to you.”
The Lord says, “As surely as I live,
    ·your children will be [^Lyou will wear them all] like ·jewels [or ornaments]
·that a bride wears proudly [^Lyou will put them on like a bride].