New Living Translation
Isaiah • Chapter 54
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“Sing, O childless woman,<br>you who have never given birth!<br>Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem,<br>you who have never been in labor.<br>For the desolate woman now has more children<br>than the woman who lives with her husband,”<br>says the LORD.<br>
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“Enlarge your house; build an addition.<br>Spread out your home, and spare no expense!<br>
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For you will soon be bursting at the seams.<br>Your descendants will occupy other nations<br>and resettle the ruined cities.<br>
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“Fear not; you will no longer live in shame.<br>Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you.<br>You will no longer remember the shame of your youth<br>and the sorrows of widowhood.<br>
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For your Creator will be your husband;<br>the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name!<br>He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,<br>the God (Elohim) of all the earth.<br>
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For the LORD has called you back from your grief —<br>as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,”<br>says your God (Elohim).<br>
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“For a brief moment I abandoned you,<br>but with great compassion I will take you back.<br>
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In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while.<br>But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”<br>says the LORD, your Redeemer.<br>
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“Just as I swore in the time of Noah<br>that I would never again let a flood cover the earth,<br>so now I swear<br>that I will never again be angry and punish you.<br>
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For the mountains may move<br>and the hills disappear,<br>but even then my faithful love for you will remain.<br>My covenant of blessing will never be broken,”<br>says the LORD, who has mercy on you.<br>
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“O storm-battered city,<br>troubled and desolate!<br>I will rebuild you with precious jewels<br>and make your foundations from lapis lazuli.<br>
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I will make your towers of sparkling rubies,<br>your gates of shining gems,<br>and your walls of precious stones.<br>
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I will teach all your children,<br>and they will enjoy great peace.<br>
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You will be secure under a government that is just and fair.<br>Your enemies will stay far away.<br>You will live in peace,<br>and terror will not come near.<br>
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If any nation comes to fight you,<br>it is not because I sent them.<br>Whoever attacks you will go down in defeat.<br>
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“I have created the blacksmith<br>who fans the coals beneath the forge<br>and makes the weapons of destruction.<br>And I have created the armies that destroy.<br>
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But in that coming day<br>no weapon turned against you will succeed.<br>You will silence every voice<br>raised up to accuse you.<br>These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD;<br>their vindication will come from me.<br>I, the LORD, have spoken!<br>