¹⁸ Lift up your eyes all around and see;
    they all gather; they come to you.
As I live, says the Lord,
    you shall put all of them on like an ornament,
    and like a bride you shall bind them on.^(A)

54 Shout for joy, O barren one who has borne no children;
    burst into song and shout,
    you who have not been in labor!
For the children of the desolate woman will be more
    than the children of the one who is married, says the Lord.^(A)
2 Enlarge the site of your tent,
    and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
    and strengthen your stakes.^(B)
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left,
    and your descendants will possess nations
    and will settle desolate towns.^(C)

¹⁰ I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
    my whole being shall exult in my God,
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
    he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland
    and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.^(A)

⁷ For a brief moment I abandoned you,
    but with great compassion I will gather you.^(A)

¹² Look, some shall come from far away,
    some from the north and from the west,
    and some from the land of Syene.^[a](A)

⁵ Do not fear, for I am with you;
    I will bring your offspring from the east,
    and from the west I will gather you;^(A)
6 I will say to the north, “Give them up,”
    and to the south, “Do not withhold;
bring my sons from far away
    and my daughters from the end of the earth—^(B)