Isaiah 54

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1. 1Sing, O barren woman, you who did not give birth; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for the children of the desolate woman are more than the children of the married wife, says the LORD.
2. 2"Make your tent bigger — stretch its curtains wide! Don't hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
3. 3You will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate cities inhabited.
4. 4Do not be afraid; you will not be ashamed. Do not be confounded; you will not be put to shame. You will forget the shame of your youth and will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
5. 5Your Maker is your husband — the LORD of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He is called the God of the whole earth.
6. 6The LORD has called you back like a wife who was abandoned and grieved in spirit — like a young bride who was rejected," says your God.
7. 7For a small moment I have forsaken you, but with great mercies I will gather you.
8. 8In a little wrath I turned away from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will show you mercy," says the LORD, your Redeemer.
9. 9This is like the waters of Noah to me: as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
10. 10For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has mercy on you.
11. 11"You poor, storm-battered city with no one to comfort you — look! I will set your stones in brilliant colors and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12. 12I will make your windows of agates, your gates of carbuncles, and all your borders of pleasant stones.
13. 13All your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be the peace of your children.
14. 14In righteousness you will be established; you will be far from oppression, and you will not fear. Terror will be far away, for it will not come near you.
15. 15Look, they will surely gather together, but not by me. Whoever gathers against you will fall for your sake.
16. 16Look — I'm the one who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into a blaze and produces tools for his work. And I'm the one who created the destroyer to bring ruin.
17. 17No weapon formed against you will succeed, and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from me," says the LORD.