Because of God...

who has faithfully kept his word,
The Holy of Israel, who has chosen you.

God also says:

When the time's ripe, I answer you.
When victory's due, I help you.

I form you and use you
to reconnect the people with me,
to put the land in order,
to resettle families on the ruined properties.

I tell prisoners, "Come on out. You're free!"
and those huddled in fear, "It's all right. It's safe now."

There'll be foodstands along all the roads,
picnics on the hills--

Nobody hungry, nobody thirsty,
shade from the sun, shelter from the wind.

For the Compassionate One guides them,
takes them to the best springs.

Heavens, raise the roof!
Earth, wake the dead!
Mountains, send up cheers!

God has comforted his people.
He has tenderly nursed his beaten-up, beaten-down people.

The Message
Isaiah 49:7-11, 13