Isaiah 54

^aSing, O barren, thou that didst not bear;

^bBreak forth into singing, and ^ccry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child:

For ^dmore are the children of ^ethe desolate than the children of ^ethe married wife, saith the Lord.

^2fEnlarge the place of ^gthy tent,

And let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations:

^hSpare not, lengthen ^hhthy cords, and strengthen ^githy stakes;

³For thou shalt break forth ^jon the right hand and on the left;

And ^kthy seed shall inherit the Gentiles,

And make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

⁴Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed:

^lNeither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame:

For thou shalt forget the shame ^mof thy youth,

And shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

⁵For ⁿthy Maker is ^othine husband;

^pThe Lord of hosts is his name;

And ^qthy redeemer the Holy One of Israel;

^rThe God of the whole earth shall he be called.

⁶For the Lord hath called thee ^sas a woman ^ssforsaken and grieved in spirit,

And ^ta wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

^7uFor a small moment have I forsaken thee;

But ^vwith great mercies will I gather thee.

⁸In a little wrath ^wI hid my face from thee ^ufor a moment;

But ^xwith everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee,

Saith the Lord ^qthy redeemer.

⁹For this is as the waters of Noah unto me:

For ^yas I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth;

^zSo have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

^10zFor ^athe mountains shall depart,

And ^athe hills ^bbe removed;

But my kindness shall not depart from thee,

Neither shall ^cthe covenant of my peace be removed,

Saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

^11dO thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted,

Behold, I will lay thy stones ^ewith fair colours,

And ^flay thy foundations with sapphires.

¹²And I will make thy windows of ^gagates,

And thy gates of carbuncles,

And all thy borders of ^hpleasant stones.

¹³ⁱAnd all ^kthy children shall be ^ltaught of the Lord;

And ^mgreat shall be the peace of thy children.

¹⁴In 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.

¹⁵Behold, they shall surely ⁿgather together, ^obut not by me:

Whosoever shall ⁿgather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

¹⁶Behold, I have created the smith

That bloweth ^pthe coals in the fire,

And that bringeth forth an instrument for his work;

And I have created the waster ^qto destroy.

^17rNo weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper;

And ^severy tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.

This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,

And ^ttheir righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

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