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.
02 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;
03 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.
04 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.
05 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.
06 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.
07 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but
with great mercies will I gather thee.
08 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.
09 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.
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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.
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