AB - Isaiah - 54

54:1  Rejoice, you barren that bear not; break forth and cry, you that does 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 place of your tent, and of your curtains; fix the pins, spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your pins;

54:3  spread forth your tent yet to the right and the left; for your seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and you shall make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

54:4  Fear not, because you have been put to shame, neither be confounded, because you were reproached; for you shall forget your former shame, and shall no more at all remember the reproach of your widowhood.

54:5  For it is the Lord that made you; the Lord of hosts is His name; and He that delivered you, He is the God of Israel, and shall be called so by the whole earth.

54:6  The Lord has not called you as a deserted and faint-hearted woman, nor as a woman hated from her youth, says your God.

54:7  For a little while I left you; but with great mercy will I have compassion upon you.

54:8  In a little wrath I turned away My face from you; but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon you, says the Lord that delivers you.

54:9  From the time of the water of Noah this is My purpose; as I swore to him at that time, saying of the earth, I will no more be angry with you, neither when you are threatened,

54:10  shall the mountains depart, nor shall your hills be removed; so neither shall My mercy fail you, nor shall the covenant of your peace be at all removed; for the Lord who is gracious to you has spoken it.

54:11  Afflicted and outcast, you have not been comforted; behold, I will prepare carbuncle for your stones, and sapphire for your foundations;

54:12  and I will make your buttresses jasper, and your gates crystal, and your border precious stones.

54:13  And I will cause all your sons to be taught of God, and your children to be in great peace.

54:14  And you shall be built in righteousness; abstain from injustice, and you shall not fear; and trembling shall not come near to you.

54:15  Behold, strangers shall come to you by Me, and shall sojourn with you, and shall run to you for refuge.

54:16  Behold, I have created you, not as the coppersmith blowing coals, and bringing out a vessel fit for work; but I have created you, not for ruin, that I should destroy you.

54:17  I will not allow any weapon formed against you to prosper; and every voice that shall rise up against you for judgment, you shall vanquish them all; and your adversaries shall be condemned thereby. There is an inheritance to them that serve the Lord, and you shall be righteous before Me, says the Lord.