Isaiah 54

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 Jehovah .

Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations ; spare not : lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes .

For thou shalt spread aboard on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations , and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

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 the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more.

For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name : and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer ; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

For Jehovah hath called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off , saith thy God.

For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.

For this is ` as ' the waters of Noah unto 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 thee, nor rebuke thee.

For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors , and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies , and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.

And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah ; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

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.

Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee .

Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

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 Jehovah , and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah .