¹⁷ You are to speak this word to them:
Let my eyes overflow with tears;
day and night may they not stop,^(A)
for my dearest people^[a]
have been destroyed by a crushing blow,^(B)
an extremely severe wound.^(C)

⁴ Again I will build you so that you will be rebuilt,
Virgin Israel.^(A)
You will take up your tambourines again^(B)
and go out in joyful dancing.

²¹ Set up road markers^(A) for yourself;
establish signposts!
Keep the highway in mind,
the way you have traveled.
Return, Virgin Israel!
Return to these cities of yours.