Isaiah 54:1–6

The Fertility of Zion

1 “aShout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child;

Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;

For the sons of the bdesolate one will be cmore numerous

Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.

2 “aEnlarge the place of your tent;

1Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not;

Lengthen your bcords

And strengthen your bpegs.

3 “For you will aspread abroad to the right and to the left.

And your 1descendants will bpossess nations

And will cresettle the desolate cities.

4 “Fear not, for you will anot be put to shame;

And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;

But you will forget the bshame of your youth,

And the creproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

5 “For your ahusband is your Maker,

Whose name is the Lord of hosts;

And your bRedeemer is the Holy One of Israel,

Who is called the cGod of all the earth.

6 “For the Lord has called you,

Like a wife aforsaken and grieved in spirit,

Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”

Says your God.