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17 For I will restore your health;
    I will heal your injuries—oracle of the Lord.
“The outcast” they have called you,
    “whom no one looks for.”(A)
18     Thus says the Lord:
See! I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents,
    on his dwellings I will have compassion;
A city shall be rebuilt upon its own ruins,
    a citadel restored where it should be.(B)
19 From them will come praise,
    the sound of people rejoicing.
I will increase them, they will not decrease,
    I will glorify them, they will not be insignificant.(C)

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17 But I will restore you to health
    and heal(A) your wounds,’
declares the Lord,
‘because you are called an outcast,(B)
    Zion for whom no one cares.’(C)

18 “This is what the Lord says:

“‘I will restore the fortunes(D) of Jacob’s tents(E)
    and have compassion(F) on his dwellings;
the city will be rebuilt(G) on her ruins,
    and the palace will stand in its proper place.
19 From them will come songs(H) of thanksgiving(I)
    and the sound of rejoicing.(J)
I will add to their numbers,(K)
    and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,(L)
    and they will not be disdained.

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