Isaiah 54

Chapter 54

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 pegs.

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.

⁷“¹For a ^abrief moment I forsook you,

But with great compassion I will ^bgather you.

⁸“In an ^1aoutburst of anger

I hid My face from you for a moment,

But with everlasting ^blovingkindness I will ^chave compassion on you,”

Says the Lord your ^dRedeemer.

⁹“For ¹this is like the days of Noah to Me,

When I swore that the waters of Noah

Would ^anot ²flood the earth again;

So I have sworn that I will ^bnot be angry with you

Nor will I rebuke you.

¹⁰“For the ^amountains may be removed and the hills may shake,

But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,

And My ^bcovenant of peace will not be shaken,”

Says ^cthe Lord who has compassion on you.

¹¹“O ^aafflicted one, storm-tossed, and ^bnot comforted,

Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,

And your foundations I will ^clay in ^1dsapphires.

¹²“Moreover, I will make your battlements of ¹rubies,

And your gates of ²crystal,

And your entire ³wall of precious stones.

¹³“^aAll your sons will be ¹taught of the Lord;

And the well-being of your sons will be ^bgreat.

¹⁴“In ^arighteousness you will be established;

You will be far from ^boppression, for you will ^cnot fear;

And from ^dterror, for it will not come near you.

¹⁵“If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me.

^aWhoever assails you will fall because of you.

¹⁶“Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals

And brings out a weapon for its work;

And I have created the destroyer to ruin.

¹⁷“^aNo weapon that is formed against you will prosper;

And ^bevery tongue that ¹accuses you in judgment you will condemn.

This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,

And their ^cvindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.