Isaiah 54
1 Sing, barren woman, you who have not given birth; burst into song and shout for joy, you who have never felt labor pains. For the children of the desolate woman will be more than the children of the married woman, says the LORD.
2 Make room for your tent; spread out the curtains of your dwelling places—do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and make your stakes firm.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will take possession of nations and settle the deserted cities.
4 Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember the disgrace of your widowhood no more.
5 For the one who made you is your husband—the LORD of Armies is his name—and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. He is called the God of all the earth.
6 For the LORD has called you like a woman abandoned and grieved in spirit, like a wife from her youth who was rejected, says your God.
7 For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
8 In a burst of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting faithful love I had compassion on you, says your Redeemer, the LORD.
9 This is like the days of Noah to me: just as I swore that the waters of Noah would never again pass over the earth, so I have sworn not to be angry with you or rebuke you.
10 Though the mountains may move and the hills may fall, my faithful love will not move away from you, and my covenant of peace will not fall, says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
11 Afflicted one, storm-tossed and unconsoled, look: I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling stones, and your entire wall of precious stones.
13 All your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be the peace of your children.
14 You will be established in righteousness; you will be far from oppression, for you will not be afraid, and far from terror, for it will not come near you.
15 Look, if anyone attacks, it will not be from me; whoever attacks you will fall because of you.
16 Look, I created the blacksmith, who blows on the fire of coals and makes a weapon for its work; I also created the destroyer to ruin.
17 No weapon forged against you will succeed, and every tongue that rises against you in judgment you will condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness comes from me, says the LORD.
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