1 Listen to me, you islands.
2 He made my tongue like a sharp sword
3 He said to me,
4 But I said,
5 The Lord formed me in the womb to be his servant
6 Now, the Lord says,
7 The Lord is the defender of Israel, its Holy One.
8 This is what the Lord says:
9 You will say to the prisoners, “Come out,”
10 They will never be hungry or thirsty,
11 I will turn all my mountains into roads,
12 They will come from far away.
13 Sing with joy, you heavens!
14 But Zion said, “The Lord has abandoned me.
15 Can a woman forget her nursing child?
16 I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.
17 Your children will hurry back.
18 Look up, look around, and watch!
19 Though you are destroyed and demolished and your land is in ruins,
20 The children taken from you will say to you,
21 Then you will ask yourself,
22 This is what the Almighty Lord says:
23 Then kings will be your foster fathers,
24 Can loot be taken away from mighty men
25 This is what the Lord says:
26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,