‘I will answer your prayers
    at the time that I have chosen to help you.
Yes, I will come to save you on that day.
I will keep you safe,
    so that I can make a covenant with people through you.
You will make the land safe again.
People will return to live there,
    in places that had become empty.
⁹ You will say to the prisoners,
    “Come out!”
You will say to people who are in dark prisons,
    “Come outside!”
Then they will be free to find food for themselves.
    They will eat along the road and on the tops of the hills.
¹⁰ They will not be hungry or thirsty.
    The strong heat of the sun will not hurt them.
The one who loves them will be their guide.
    He will lead them to drink from springs of water.