54:1 Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not;
break forth and cry, thou that dost not travail: for more are the children
of the desolate than of her that has a husband: for the Lord has said,
54:2 Enlarge the placed of thy tent, and of thy curtains: fix [the pins],
spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy pins;
54:3 spread forth [thy tent] yet to the right and the left: for thy seed
shall inherit the Gentiles, and thou shalt make the desolate cities to be
inhabited.
54:4 Fear not, because thou has been put to shame, neither be confounded,
because thou was reproached: for thou shalt forget thy former shame, and
shalt no more at all remember the reproach of thy widowhood.
54:5 For [it is] the Lord that made thee; the Lord of hosts is his name: and
he that delivered thee, he is the God of Israel, [and] shall be called [so]
by the whole earth.
54:6 The Lord has not called thee as a deserted and faint-hearted woman, nor
as a woman hated from [her] youth, saith thy God.
54:7 For a little while I left thee: but with great mercy will I have
compassion upon thee.
54:8 In a little wrath I turned away my face from thee; but with everlasting
mercy will I have compassion upon thee, saith the Lord that delivers thee.
54:9 From the time of the water of Noe this is my [purpose]: as I sware to
him at that time, [saying] of the earth, I will no more be wroth with thee,
neither when thou art threatened,
54:10 shall the mountains depart, nor shall thy hills be removed: so neither
shall my mercy fail thee, nor shall the covenant of thy peace be at all
removed: for the Lord [who is] gracious to thee has spoken [it].
54:11 Afflicted and outcast thou has not been comforted: behold, I [will]
prepare carbuncle [for] thy stones, and sapphire for thy foundations;
54:12 and I will make thy buttresses jasper, and thy gates crystal, and thy
border precious stones.
54:13 And [I will cause] all thy sons [to be] taught of God, and thy
children [to be] in great peace.
54:14 And thou shalt be built in righteousness: abstain from injustice, and
thou shalt not fear; and trembling shall not come nigh thee.
54:15 Behold, strangers shall come to thee by me, and shall sojourn with
thee, and shall run to thee for refuge.
54:16 Behold, I have created thee, not as the coppersmith blowing coals, and
bringing out a vessel [fit] for work; but I have created thee, not for ruin,
that [I] should destroy [thee].
54:17 I will not suffer any weapon formed against thee to prosper; and every
voice that shall rise up against tee for judgment, thou shalt vanquish them
all; and thine adversaries shall be [condemned] thereby. There is an
inheritance to them that serve the Lord, and ye shall be righteous before
me, saith the Lord. |
54:1 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.
54:2 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;
54:3 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.
54:4 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.
54:5 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.
54:6 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.
54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I
gather thee.
54:8 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.
54:9 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.
54:10 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.
54:11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I
will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with
sapphires.
54:12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles,
and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
54:13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be
the peace of thy children.
54:14 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.
54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever
shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
54:16 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.
54:17 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. |