54:1 Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not;
break forth and cry, thou that dost not travail: for more are the children
of the desolate than of her that has a husband: for Yehovah has said,
54:2 Enlarge the placed of thy tent, and of thy curtains: fix [the pins],
spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy pins;
54:3 spread forth [thy tent] yet to the right and the left: for thy seed
shall inherit the Gentiles, and thou shalt make the desolate cities to be
inhabited.
54:4 Fear not, because thou has been put to shame, neither be confounded,
because thou was reproached: for thou shalt forget thy former shame, and
shalt no more at all remember the reproach of thy widowhood.
54:5 For [it is] Yehovah that made thee; Yehovah of hosts is his name: and
he that delivered thee, he is the Elohim of Israel, [and] shall be called [so]
by the whole earth.
54:6 Yehovah has not called thee as a deserted and faint-hearted woman, nor
as a woman hated from [her] youth, saith thy Elohim.
54:7 For a little while I left thee: but with great mercy will I have
compassion upon thee.
54:8 In a little wrath I turned away my face from thee; but with everlasting
mercy will I have compassion upon thee, saith Yehovah that delivers thee.
54:9 From the time of the water of Noah this is my [purpose]: as I sware to
him at that time, [saying] of the earth, I will no more be wroth with thee,
neither when thou art threatened,
54:10 shall the mountains depart, nor shall thy hills be removed: so neither
shall my mercy fail thee, nor shall the covenant of thy peace be at all
removed: for Yehovah [who is] gracious to thee has spoken [it].
54:11 Afflicted and outcast thou has not been comforted: behold, I [will]
prepare carbuncle [for] thy stones, and sapphire for thy foundations;
54:12 and I will make thy buttresses jasper, and thy gates crystal, and thy
border precious stones.
54:13 And [I will cause] all thy sons [to be] taught of Elohim, and thy
children [to be] in great peace.
54:14 And thou shalt be built in righteousness: abstain from injustice, and
thou shalt not fear; and trembling shall not come nigh thee.
54:15 Behold, strangers shall come to thee by me, and shall sojourn with
thee, and shall run to thee for refuge.
54:16 Behold, I have created thee, not as the coppersmith blowing coals, and
bringing out a vessel [fit] for work; but I have created thee, not for ruin,
that [I] should destroy [thee].
54:17 I will not suffer any weapon formed against thee to prosper; and every
voice that shall rise up against tee for judgment, thou shalt vanquish them
all; and thine adversaries shall be [condemned] thereby. There is an
inheritance to them that serve Yehovah, and ye shall be righteous before
me, saith Yehovah. |
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 Yehovah.
54:2 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;
54:3 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.
54:4 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.
54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; Yehovah of hosts is his name; and thy
Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The Elohim of the whole earth shall he be
called.
54:6 For Yehovah hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in
spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy Elohim.
54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I
gather thee.
54:8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with
everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Yehovah thy Redeemer.
54:9 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.
54:10 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 Yehovah that hath mercy on thee.
54:11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I
will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with
sapphires.
54:12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles,
and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
54:13 And all thy children shall be taught of Yehovah; and great shall be
the peace of thy children.
54:14 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.
54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever
shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
54:16 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.
54:17 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 Yehovah, and their righteousness is of me,
saith Yehovah. |