Thus says the LORD that made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that you should say unto me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse bears the nursing child, unto the land which you swore to give unto their fathers?

Of the Rock that begat you you are unmindful, and have forgotten God that formed you.

Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, and he that formed you 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 you have formed my inward parts: you have 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, says the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations.

But you are he that took me out of the womb: you did make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

Why then have you brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had died, and no eye had seen me!

By you have I been upheld from birth: you are he that took me out of my mother's womb: my praise shall be continually of you.

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? says your God.

Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget you.

As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you 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 wasteland of the howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirs up its nest, flutters over its young, spreads abroad its wings, takes them, bears them on its wings:

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets, and stone them which are sent unto you, how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets, and stones them that are sent unto you; how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen does gather her brood under her wings, and you would not!

The LORD recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to trust.

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings,

He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler.