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- Isaiah 54 -
CHAPTER 54
1 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.
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