Isaiah 54:11-17

New International Reader's Version

¹¹ “Suffering city, you have been beaten by storms.
    You have not been comforted.
I will rebuild you with turquoise stones.
    I will rebuild your foundations with lapis lazuli.
¹² I will line the top of your city wall with rubies.
    I will make your gates out of gleaming jewels.
    And I will make all your walls out of precious stones.
¹³ I will teach all your children.
    And they will enjoy great peace.
¹⁴ When you do what is right,
    you will be made secure.
Your leaders will not be mean to you.
    You will not have anything to be afraid of.
You will not be terrified anymore.
    Terror will not come near you.
¹⁵ People might attack you. But I will not be the cause of it.
    Those who attack you will give themselves up to you.

¹⁶ “I created blacksmiths.
    They fan the coals into flames of fire.
They make weapons that are fit for their work.
    I also created those who destroy others.
¹⁷     But no weapon used against you will succeed.
People might bring charges against you.
    But you will prove that they are wrong.
Those are the things I do for my servants.
    I make everything right for them,”
    announces the Lord.