Isaiah 54

1 “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.

2 “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.

3 For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.

4 Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

5 For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.

6 For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.

7 “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.

8 In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.

9 “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.

10 Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

11 “O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely 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 jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

13 Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.

14 In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.

15 If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.

16 Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.

17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.

1 ¶ Sing, O barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

5 For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

6 ¶ For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

9 For this [is as] the waters of Noah unto me: for [as] I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

11 ¶ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

13 And all thy children [shall be] taught of the LORD; and great [shall be] the peace of thy children.

14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, [but] not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.

1 Boast, thou barren woman, which hast not given birth; rejoice with glory, and exult, thou that art not with child. For the lone woman hath more children than she that hath a husband, saith the LORD.

2 Make wide the room of thy tabernacle, and spread out the carpets of thy dwelling; spare not thine own; stretch thy cords long, and fasten thy nails.

3 For thou shalt go forth on the right hand, and on the left: and thy seed shall inherit the heathen, and shall dwell in the waste cities.

4 Fear not, for thou shalt not be put to shame: be not thou foolish, for thou shalt not be a laughingstock; but thou shalt forget the shame of thy virginity, and shalt remember no more the reproach of thy widowhood.

5 For he that made thee is thy husband; LORD of hosts is his name: and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, who is called GOD to all the earth.

6 For the LORD hath made thee to be as a woman forsaken, and sorrowful in heart, and as a young woman cast out, saith thy God.

7 I have left thee one thy moment; but with great mercy will I gather thee.

8 I have hid my face from thee a little in the moment of wrath: but with everlasting mercy will I have mercy upon thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

9 For this shall be unto me as the waters of Noah, when I sware that the waters of Noah should no more pass over the face of the earth. So have I sworn that I will not be angry with thee, nor reproach thee.

10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills shall fall: but my mercy shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace fall away, saith the LORD thy merciful God.

11 Thou wretched, over whom all weathers pass, and thou desolate! Behold, I will set thy stones as an ornament, and will lay thy foundation with sapphires.

12 And make thy windows of crystals, and thy gates of rubies, and all thy borders of choice stones;

13 And taught all thy children of the LORD, and great peace unto thy children.

14 Thou shalt be prepared by righteousness. Thou shalt be far from violence and wrong, that thou shalt not fear it; and from terror, that it come not nigh thee.

15 Behold, who shall again destroy thee, and overtake thee, if they destroy themselves without me?

16 Behold, I make it that the smith that bloweth up the coals in the fire shall make a stuff of them for his work: for I make it that the destroyer shall perish.

17 For every thing that is prepared against thee shall not prosper; and every tongue that shall set itself against thee thou shalt condemn in judgment. This is the inheritance of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness from me, saith the LORD.