Isaiah 54:1-3

New International Reader's Version

54 “Jerusalem, sing!
    You are now like a woman who never had a child.
Burst into song! Shout for joy!
    You who have never had labor pains,
you are now all alone.
    But you will have more children than a woman who still has a husband,”
    says the Lord.
² “Make a large area for your tent.
    Spread out its curtains.
    Go ahead and make your tent wider.
Make its ropes longer.
    Drive the stakes down deeper.
³ You will spread out to the right and the left.
    Your children after you will drive out the nations that are now living in your land.
    They will make their homes in the deserted cities of those nations.