Catholic Public Domain Version
"Your builders have arrived. Those who would tear you down and destroy you, they will depart from you. "
— Isaiah 49:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.”
“Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee. ”
“Your children make haste; your destroyers and those who made you waste shall go forth from you.”
“Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.”
“Thy builders are come: they that destroy thee and make thee waste shall go out of thee.”
“Your builders are coming quickly; your haters and those who made you waste will go out of you.”
“Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.”
And Zion said: “The Lord has abandoned me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to take pity on the child of her womb? But even if she would forget, still I shall never forget you.
Behold, I have engraved you on my hands. Your walls are always before my eyes.
Your builders have arrived. Those who would tear you down and destroy you, they will depart from you.
Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these have been gathered together; they have come to you. As I live, says the Lord, you shall be clothed with all these things, as if with an ornament. And like a bride, you shall wrap these things all around you.
For your deserts, and your solitary places, and the land of your ruination will now be too narrow, because of all the inhabitants. And those who devoured you will be chased far away.
Even the children of your barrenness will say in your ears: “This place is too narrow for me. Make me a spacious place in which to dwell.”