¹⁶ There will be a highway^(A) for the remnant^(B) of his people
    that is left from Assyria,^(C)
as there was for Israel
    when they came up from Egypt.^(D)

⁸ The highways are deserted,
    no travelers^(A) are on the roads.^(B)
The treaty is broken,^(C)
    its witnesses^[a] are despised,
    no one is respected.

²¹ “Set up road signs;
    put up guideposts.^(A)
Take note of the highway,^(B)
    the road that you take.
Return,^(C) Virgin^(D) Israel,
    return to your towns.