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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;
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| 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. |
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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. |
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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.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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12 | And I will make thy windows of agates,
and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. |
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And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace
of thy children. |
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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. |
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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. |
