19 Although your places were devastated and desolate and your land was in ruins,+

Now it will become too cramped for those dwelling there,+

And those who swallowed you down+ will be far away.+

20 The sons born when you were bereaved will say in your hearing,

‘This place is too cramped for me.

Become cheerful and cry out for joy,+ you who never had birth pains,+

For the sons* of the desolate one are more numerous

Than the sons of the woman with a husband,”*+ says Jehovah.

Do not hold back, lengthen your tent cords,

And make your tent pins strong.+