[[Isaiah 53|<< Isaiah 53]] | [[Isaiah|Isaiah]] | [[Isaiah 55|Isaiah 55 >>]] ### Isaiah 54 1 SING, O barren, thou _that_ didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou _that_ didst not travail with child: for more _are_ the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. ^1 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; ^2 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. ^3 4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. ^4 5 For thy Maker _is_ thine husband; the LORD of hosts _is_ his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. ^5 6 For the LORD has called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. ^6 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. ^7 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. ^8 9 For this _is_ _as_ the waters of Noah unto me: for _as_ I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. ^9 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that has mercy on thee. ^10 11 ¶ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, _and_ not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. ^11 12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. ^12 13 And all thy children _shall_ _be_ taught of the LORD; and great _shall_ _be_ the peace of thy children. ^13 14 In 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. ^14 15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, _but_ not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. ^15 16 Behold, I have created the smith that blows the coals in the fire, and that brings forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. ^16 17 ¶ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue _that_ shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This _is_ the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness _is_ of me, saith the LORD. ^17