Isaiah 54:1-10

Lexham English Bible

54 “Sing for joy, barren woman; who has not borne!
    Burst forth into rejoicing and rejoice, she who has not been in labor!
        For the children of the desolate woman are more than the children of the married woman,” says Yahweh.
² “Enlarge the site of your tent,
    and let them stretch out the tent curtains of your dwelling place.
You must not spare; make your tent cords long
    and strengthen your pegs,
³         for you will spread out to the right and to the left.
And your descendants^[a] will be heir to the nations,
    and they will inhabit desolate towns.
⁴ You must not fear, for you will not be ashamed,
    and you must not be confounded, for you will not feel abashed,
for you will forget the shame of your youth,
    and you will no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.
⁵ For your husband^[b] is your maker,^[c] his name is Yahweh of hosts;
    and your redeemer is the holy one of Israel, he is called the God of all of the earth.
⁶ For Yahweh has called you like a wife forsaken and hurt of spirit,
    like^[d] the wife of childhood when she is rejected, says your God.
⁷ I abandoned you for a short^[e] moment,
    but^[f] I will gather you with great compassion.
⁸ I hid my face from you for a moment, in the flowing of anger,
    but^[g] I will have compassion on you with everlasting faithfulness” says your redeemer, Yahweh.
⁹ “For this is like the waters of Noah to me,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again pass^[h] over the earth,
    so I swore that I would not be^[i] angry at you and rebuke you.
¹⁰ For the mountains may depart,
    and the hills may sway,
but^[j] my faithfulness shall not depart from you,
    and my covenant of peace shall not sway,”
says Yahweh, who has compassion on you,