54 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. 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; 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. 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. 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. 6 For
the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and
a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. 7 For
a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather
thee. 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.
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. 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 hath mercy
on thee. 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. 12 And I will make thy windows of agates,
and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. 13 And all thy children shall be taught
of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 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. 15 Behold, they shall surely gather together,
but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for
thy sake. 16 Behold, I have created the smith that
bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for
his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 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.