Isaiah 49:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷ “Those who will rebuild you are coming soon,
    and those who destroyed you will leave.
¹⁸ Look around and see what is happening!
    Your people are assembling—they are coming home!
As surely as I am the living God,
    you will be proud of your people,
    as proud as a bride is of her jewels.

¹⁹ “Your country was ruined and desolate—
    but now it will be too small
    for those who are coming to live there.
And those who left you in ruins
    will be far removed from you.