Isaiah 54
54
God Brings His People Home
1“Woman, be happy!
You have not had any children,
but you should be very happy.
“Yes, the woman who is alone#54:1 Yes, the woman … alone This Hebrew word is like the word “destroyed.” This probably means “Jerusalem, the city that is destroyed.”
will have more children than the woman with a husband.”
This is what the Lord says.
2“Make your tent bigger.
Open your doors wide.
Don’t think small!
Make your tent large and strong,
3because you will grow in all directions.
Your children will take over many nations
and live in the cities that were destroyed.
4Don’t be afraid!
You will not be disappointed.
People will not say bad things against you.
You will not be embarrassed.
When you were young, you felt shame.
But you will forget that shame now.
You will not remember the shame you felt
when you lost your husband.#54:4 husband In Hebrew this word is like the name Baal. This means that the Lord is Jerusalem’s true God, not the false god Baal.
5Your real husband is the one who made you.
His name is the Lord All-Powerful.
The Holy One of Israel is your Protector,#54:5 Protector Or “Redeemer,” someone who cared for and protected the family of a dead relative. Often this person bought back (redeemed) the poor relatives from slavery, making them free again.
and he is the God of all the earth!
6“Like a woman whose husband has left her,
you were very sad.
You were like a young wife left all alone.
But the Lord has called you back to him.”
This is what your God says.
7“For a short time I turned away from you,
but with all my love I will welcome you again.
8I was so angry that for a while I did not want to see you.
But now I want to comfort you with kindness forever.”
The Lord your Savior said this.
9“Remember, in Noah’s time I punished the world with the flood.
But I made a promise to Noah that I would never again destroy the world with water.
In the same way, I promise that I will never again be angry with you
and say bad things to you.
10“The mountains may disappear,
and the hills may become dust,
but my faithful love will never leave you.
I will make peace with you,
and it will never end.”
The Lord who loves you said this.
11“You poor city!
Enemies came against you like storms,
and no one comforted you.
But I will rebuild you.
I will use a beautiful mortar to lay the stones of your walls.
I will use sapphire stones when I lay the foundation.
12The stones on top of the wall will be made from rubies.
I will use shiny jewels for the gates.
I will use precious stones to build the walls around you.
13I, the Lord, will teach your children,
and they will have real peace.
14You will be built on goodness.
You will be safe from cruelty and fear.
So you will have nothing to fear.
Nothing will come to hurt you.
15I will never send anyone to attack you.
And if any army tries to attack you, you will defeat them.
16“Look, I made the blacksmith. He blows on the fire to make it hotter. Then he takes the hot iron and makes the kind of tool he wants to make. In the same way, I made the ‘Destroyer’ to destroy things.
17“People will make weapons to fight against you, but their weapons will not defeat you. Some people will say things against you, but anyone who speaks against you will be proved wrong.”
The Lord says, “That is what my servants get! They get the good things#54:17 good things Or “victory.” that come from me, their Lord.
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Isaiah 54
54
Future Blessings for Zion
1“Shout for joy, O barren woman,
who bears no children;
break forth in song and cry aloud,
you who have never travailed;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
than of her who has a husband,”#54:1 Cited in Galatians 4:27
says the Lord.
2“Enlarge the site of your tent,
stretch out the curtains of your dwellings,
do not hold back.
Lengthen your ropes
and drive your stakes in deep.#54:2 Or and strengthen your stakes
3For you will spread out to the right and left;
your descendants will dispossess the nations
and inhabit the desolate cities.
4Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame;
do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated.
For you will forget the shame of your youth
and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5For your husband is your Maker—
the Lord of Hosts is His name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
He is called the God of all the earth.
6For the Lord has called you back,
like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,
like the rejected wife of one’s youth,”
says your God.
7“For a brief moment I forsook you,
but with great compassion I will bring you back.
8In a surge of anger
I hid My face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.
9“For to Me this is like the days of Noah,#54:9 Some manuscripts For this is like the waters of Noah
when I swore that the waters of Noah
would never again cover the earth.
So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
or rebuke you.
10Though the mountains may be removed
and the hills may be shaken,
My loving devotion will not depart from you,
and My covenant of peace will not be broken,”
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
11“O afflicted city, lashed by storms,
without solace,
surely I will set your stones in antimony
and lay your foundations with sapphires.#54:11 Or lapis lazuli
12I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
13Then all your sons will be taught by the Lord,#54:13 Cited in John 6:45
and great will be their prosperity.
14In righteousness you will be established,
far from oppression,
for you will have no fear.
Terror will be far removed,
for it will not come near you.
15If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me;
whoever assails you will fall before you.
16Behold, I have created the craftsman
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon fit for its task;
and I have created the destroyer
to wreak havoc.
17No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and their vindication is from Me,”
declares the Lord.
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