Isaiah 54

FUTURE GLORY FOR ISRAEL

54“Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth;

burst into song and shout,

you who have not been in labor!ⁿ

For the children of the desolate one will be more

than the children of the married woman,”^o

says the Lord.

²“Enlarge the site of your tent,

and let your tent curtains be stretched out;^p

do not hold back;

lengthen your ropes,

and drive your pegs deep.

³For you will spread out to the right and to the left,^q

and your descendants will dispossess nations

and inhabit the desolate cities.

⁴“Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame;^r

don’t be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced.

For you will forget the shame of your youth,

and you will no longer remember

the disgrace of your widowhood.^s

⁵Indeed, your husband is your Maker^t—

his name is the Lord of Armies—

and the Holy One of Israel^u is your Redeemer;^v

he is called the God of the whole earth.

⁶For the Lord has called you,

like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,^w

a wife of one’s youth^x when she is rejected,”

says your God.

⁷“I deserted you for a brief moment,^y

but I will take you back with abundant compassion.

⁸In a surge of anger

I hid my face^z from you for a moment,

but I will have compassion on you

with everlasting love,”^aa

says the Lord your Redeemer.

⁹“For this is like the days^A of Noah to me:

when I swore that the water of Noah

would never flood the earth again,^ab

so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you

or rebuke you.^ac

¹⁰Though the mountains move

and the hills shake,

my love will not be removed from you

and my covenant of peace^ad will not be shaken,”

says your compassionate Lord.

¹¹“Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted,

I will set your stones in black mortar,^B

and lay your foundations in lapis lazuli.^ae

¹²I will make your fortifications out of rubies,

your gates out of sparkling stones,

and all your walls out of precious stones.

¹³Then all your children will be taught by the Lord,^a

their prosperity will be great,

¹⁴and you will be established

on a foundation of righteousness.

You will be far from oppression,

you will certainly not be afraid;

you will be far from terror,

it will certainly not come near you.

¹⁵If anyone attacks you,

it is not from me;

whoever attacks you

will fall before you.

¹⁶Look, I have created the craftsman

who blows on the charcoal fire

and produces a weapon suitable for its task;

and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.

¹⁷No weapon formed against you will succeed,

and you will refute any accusation^D

raised against you in court.

This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants,^b

and their vindication is from me.”^c

This is the Lord’s declaration.