Isa 54
1
Sing, O barren, you that did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you
that did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the
children of the married wife, says YHWH.
2
Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations;
spare not: lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.
3
For you shall spread aboard on the right hand and on the left; and your seed shall
possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4
Fear not; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be you confounded; for you shall not
be put to shame: for you shall forget the shame of your youth; and the reproach of
your widowhood shall you remember no more.
5
For your Maker is your husband; YHWH of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel
is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
6
For YHWH has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth,
when she is cast off, says your God.
7
For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you.
8
In overflowing anger I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness
will I have mercy on you, says YHWH your Redeemer.
9
For this is [as] the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of
Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with
you, nor rebuke you.
10
For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall
not depart from you, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, says YHWH that
has mercy on you.
11
O you afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones
in fair colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12
And I will make your pinnacles of rubies, and your gates of carbuncles, and all your
border of precious stones.
13
And all your children shall be taught of YHWH; and great shall be the peace of your
children.
14
In righteousness shall you be established: you shall be far from oppression, for you
shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
15
Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whoever shall gather together against
you shall fall because of you.
16
Behold, I have created the smith that blows the fire of coals, and brings forth a
weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
17
No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise
against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of
YHWH, and their righteousness which is of me, says YHWH.