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14 The ·people who have hurt you [L children/sons of your oppressors] will bow down to you;
    those who ·hated [despised] you will bow down at your feet.
They will call you The City of the Lord,
    ·Jerusalem, city [L Zion; 59:20] of the Holy One of Israel [1:4].

15 “You have been ·hated [despised] and ·left empty [abandoned; forsaken]
    with no one passing through.
But I will make you great from now on;
    you will be a place of ·happiness [pride; majesty] ·forever and ever [for generations to come].
16 You will ·be given what you need from [L drink the milk of] the nations,
    like a child ·drinking milk from its mother [nursing at royal breasts].
Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, ·who saves you [your savior].
    You will know that the Powerful One of Jacob ·protects [redeems] you.

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14 The children of your oppressors(A) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down(B) at your feet
and will call you the City(C) of the Lord,
    Zion(D) of the Holy One(E) of Israel.

15 “Although you have been forsaken(F) and hated,
    with no one traveling(G) through,
I will make you the everlasting pride(H)
    and the joy(I) of all generations.
16 You will drink the milk of nations
    and be nursed(J) at royal breasts.
Then you will know(K) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(L)
    your Redeemer,(M) the Mighty One of Jacob.(N)

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