Thus saith the LORD that made thee and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my slave, and thou, Jesurun, , whom I have chosen.

Have I conceived all these people? Have I begotten them, that thou should say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nurse carries a sucking child, unto the land which thou hast sworn unto their fathers?

Of the strong One that begat thee thou art unmindful and hast forgotten the God that travailed for thee.

Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things, that stretches forth the heavens alone, that spreads abroad the earth by myself;

For thou hast possessed my kidneys: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

And God remembered Rachel and God hearkened to her and opened her womb.

And now, saith the LORD, he that formed me from the womb to be his slave, so that Jacob might be converted unto him. But if Israel will not be gathered, even so, yet I shall be esteemed in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the Gentiles.

But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou hast made me wait upon thee since I was upon my mother's breasts.

Why then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the spirit and no eye had seen me!

By thee have I been sustained from the womb; thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels; my praise has been continually of thee.

I, who make births to happen, shall I not be with child? saith the LORD; I, who causes conception, shall I be stopped? saith thy God.

Can a woman forget her sucking child that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even though they may forget, I will not forget thee.

As a man child whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom and shall gently lead those that are with young.

He found him in a desert land and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them, bears them on her wings,

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that didst kill the prophets and stone those who are sent unto thee, how often I desired to gather thy children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

Let the LORD recompense thy work and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to cover thyself.

Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me with the shadow of thy wings,

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings thou shalt be secure: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.