8. Thus says the Lord:In a time of favor I answer you,on the day of salvation I help you;I form you and set youas a covenant for the people,To restore the landand allot the devastated heritages,
9. To say to the prisoners: Come out!To those in darkness: Show yourselves!Along the roadways they shall find pasture,on every barren height shall their pastures be.
10. They shall not hunger or thirst;nor shall scorching wind or sun strike them;For he who pities them leads themand guides them beside springs of water.
11. I will turn all my mountains into roadway,and make my highways level.
12. See, these shall come from afar:some from the north and the west,others from the land of Syene.