Isaiah 54
54
1Sing for joy, childless woman, you who haven't had a baby! Shout aloud, and sing happily, Jerusalem, you who have never given birth! For the abandoned woman now has more children than the married woman, says the Lord. 2Make the tent where you live bigger; stretch the fabric to enlarge your home. Don't try and save space—extend your tent cords and make your tent pegs stronger. 3You're going to be spreading out right and left; your descendants will take over the land of other nations and live in towns that were once abandoned.
4Do not be afraid, for you won't be humiliated; don't be upset, for you won't be disgraced. You will forget about the shame of your youth, and you won't remember the embarrassment of your widowhood any longer. 5For your Maker is your husband, the Lord Almighty is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, he is called the God of the whole earth. 6The Lord has called you to come back, like a wife who's been abandoned and deeply hurt, a wife who was married when she was young, only to be rejected, says your God. 7I deserted you for just a little while, but I will bring you back, showing you a great deal of kindness. 8In a moment of anger I turned my face away from you, but now with trustworthy love I will always be kind to you, says the Lord, your Redeemer.
9To me this is just like Noah's time, when I promised with an oath that a flood would never cover the earth again. In the same way I promise with an oath that I won't be angry with you or tell you off. 10Though the mountains cease to exist and the hills disappear, yet my trustworthy love for you won't cease to exist and my agreement of peace won't disappear, says the Lord, who shows you kindness.
11My poor storm-damaged city that can't be comforted! Look, I'm going to reset your stones in cement made of antimony,#54:11. A dark substance often used in cosmetics, particularly eyeliner. I will use sapphires to lay your foundations. 12I will make your fortifications out of rubies; I will make your gates out of sparkling beryl. All your walls will be made of precious stones, 13and all your children will be students of the Lord, and they will live in complete peace. 14Your society will operate from principles of goodness and right; nobody will be there to oppress you. You won't be afraid; you won't have to face any kind of terror. 15If any invader comes to attack you, I didn't send them; you will defeat anyone who attacks you.
16Look—I have created a blacksmith who blows the coals into a hot flame and forges a suitable weapon; and I have created the destroyer who brings destruction. 17None of the weapons forged against you will succeed, and you will condemn anyone who accuses you. This is how the servants of the Lord are blessed, and I am the one who vindicates them, declares the Lord.
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Isaiah 54
54
The Eternal Covenant of Peace
1 # Cited Gal. 4:27 “Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;
break forth into singing and cry aloud,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of #ch. 62:4 the desolate one #[1 Sam. 2:5]will be more
than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord.
2 # [ch. 49:19, 20] “Enlarge the place of your tent,
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
and strengthen your stakes.
3 # [ch. 11:14; Gen. 28:14] For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,
and your offspring will possess the nations
and will people the desolate cities.
4“Fear not, #ch. 45:17for you will not be ashamed;
be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced;
for you will forget the shame of your youth,
and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
5 # ch. 62:4, 5; [Hos. 2:7] For your Maker is your husband,
the Lord of hosts is his name;
# See ch. 43:14 and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer,
#
Zech. 14:9
the God of the whole earth he is called.
6 # ver. 1; [ch. 49:14; 60:15; 62:4] For the Lord has called you
like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,
like a wife of youth when she is cast off,
says your God.
7 # [ch. 26:20] For a brief moment I deserted you,
but with great compassion I will gather you.
8 # [See ver. 7 above] In overflowing anger for a moment
I hid my face from you,
# ch. 55:3 but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord, your Redeemer.
9“This is like #Gen. 8:21; 9:11the days of Noah#54:9 Some manuscripts For this is as the waters of Noah to me:
as I swore that the waters of Noah
should no more go over the earth,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you,
and will not rebuke you.
10For the mountains may depart
and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and #Num. 25:12; Ezek. 34:25; 37:26; [Mal. 2:5]my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
11 # ch. 51:21 “O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted,
behold, #[ch. 60:10] I will set your stones in antimony,
# [Rev. 21:19] and lay your foundations with sapphires.#54:11 Or lapis lazuli
12I will make your pinnacles of agate,#54:12 Or jasper, or ruby
your gates of carbuncles,#54:12 Or crystal
and all your wall of precious stones.
13 # Cited John 6:45 All your children #Jer. 31:33, 34 shall be taught by the Lord,
# [ch. 9:7; Ps. 119:165] and great shall be the peace of your children.
14In righteousness you shall be established;
you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
15 # [ch. 8:9, 10] If anyone stirs up strife,
it is not from me;
whoever stirs up strife with you
shall fall because of you.
16Behold, I have created the smith
who blows the fire of coals
and produces a weapon for its purpose.
I have also created the ravager to destroy;
17no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,
and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
# ch. 45:24, 25 and their vindication#54:17 Or righteousness from me, declares the Lord.”
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