Isaiah 54

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Isaiah 54

The Fertility of Zion

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“^(A)Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child;
Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;
For the sons of the ^(B)desolate one will be ^(C)more numerous
Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.

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“^(D)Enlarge the place of your tent;
^(a)Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not;
Lengthen your ^(E)cords
And strengthen your ^(F)pegs.

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“For you will ^(G)spread abroad to the right and to the left.
And your ^(b)descendants will ^(H)possess nations
And will ^(I)resettle the desolate cities.

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“Fear not, for you will ^(J)not be put to shame;
And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;
But you will forget the ^(K)shame of your youth,
And the ^(L)reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

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“For your ^(M)husband is your Maker,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts;
And your ^(N)Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
Who is called the ^(O)God of all the earth.

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“For the Lord has called you,
Like a wife ^(P)forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”
Says your God.

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“^(c)For a ^(Q)brief moment I forsook you,
But with great compassion I will ^(R)gather you.

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“In an ^(d)^(S)outburst of anger
I hid My face from you for a moment,
But with everlasting ^(T)lovingkindness I will ^(U)have compassion on you,”
Says the Lord your ^(V)Redeemer.

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“For ^(e)this is like the days of Noah to Me,
When I swore that the waters of Noah
Would ^(W)not ^(f)flood the earth again;
So I have sworn that I will ^(X)not be angry with you
Nor will I rebuke you.

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“For the ^(Y)mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,
But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,
And My ^(Z)covenant of peace will not be shaken,”
Says ^(AA)the Lord who has compassion on you.

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“O ^(AB)afflicted one, storm-tossed, and ^(AC)not comforted,
Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
And your foundations I will ^(AD)lay in ^(g)^(AE)sapphires.

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“Moreover, I will make your battlements of ^(h)rubies,
And your gates of ⁽ⁱ⁾crystal,
And your entire ^(j)wall of precious stones.

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“^(AF)All your sons will be ^(k)taught of the Lord;
And the well-being of your sons will be ^(AG)great.

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“In ^(AH)righteousness you will be established;
You will be far from ^(AI)oppression, for you will ^(AJ)not fear;
And from ^(AK)terror, for it will not come near you.

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“If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me.
^(AL)Whoever assails you will fall because of you.

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“Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals
And brings out a weapon for its work;
And I have created the destroyer to ruin.

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“^(AM)No weapon that is formed against you will prosper;
And ^(AN)every tongue that ^(l)accuses you in judgment you will condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their ^(AO)vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 54:2: ['Lit ', Let them stretch out]

b. Isaiah 54:3: ['Lit ', seed]

c. Isaiah 54:7: ['Lit ', In]

d. Isaiah 54:8: ['Lit ', overflowing]

e. Isaiah 54:9: ['Some mss read ', the waters of Noah this is to Me]

f. Isaiah 54:9: ['Lit ', cross over]

g. Isaiah 54:11: ['Or ', lapis lazuli]

h. Isaiah 54:12: ['I.e. bright red']

i. Isaiah 54:12: ['Or ', carbuncles]

j. Isaiah 54:12: ['Lit ', border, boundary]

k. Isaiah 54:13: ['Or ', disciples]

l. Isaiah 54:17: ['Lit ', rises against]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 54:1: Galatians 4:27

B. Isaiah 54:1: Isaiah 62:4

C. Isaiah 54:1: 1 Samuel 2:5; Isaiah 49:20

D. Isaiah 54:2: Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 49:19; Isaiah 49:20

E. Isaiah 54:2: Exodus 35:18; Exodus 39:40

F. Isaiah 54:2: Exodus 35:18; Exodus 39:40

G. Isaiah 54:3: Genesis 28:14; Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 43:6; Isaiah 60:3

H. Isaiah 54:3: Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 14:2

I. Isaiah 54:3: Isaiah 49:19

J. Isaiah 54:4: Isaiah 45:17

K. Isaiah 54:4: Jeremiah 31:19

L. Isaiah 54:4: Isaiah 4:1; Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 51:7

M. Isaiah 54:5: Jeremiah 3:14; Hosea 2:19

N. Isaiah 54:5: Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 48:17

O. Isaiah 54:5: Isaiah 6:3; Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 65:16

P. Isaiah 54:6: Isaiah 49:14-21; Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 62:4

Q. Isaiah 54:7: Isaiah 26:20

R. Isaiah 54:7: Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 49:18

S. Isaiah 54:8: Isaiah 60:10

T. Isaiah 54:8: Isaiah 54:10; Isaiah 63:7

U. Isaiah 54:8: Isaiah 49:10; Isaiah 49:13

V. Isaiah 54:8: Isaiah 54:5

W. Isaiah 54:9: Genesis 9:11

X. Isaiah 54:9: Isaiah 12:1; Ezekiel 39:29

Y. Isaiah 54:10: Psalm 102:26; Isaiah 51:6

Z. Isaiah 54:10: 2 Samuel 23:5; Psalm 89:34; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 59:21; Isaiah 61:8

AA. Isaiah 54:10: Isaiah 54:8

AB. Isaiah 54:11: Isaiah 51:21

AC. Isaiah 54:11: Isaiah 51:18; Isaiah 51:19

AD. Isaiah 54:11: Isaiah 14:32; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 44:28

AE. Isaiah 54:11: Job 28:16; Revelation 21:19

AF. Isaiah 54:13: John 6:45

AG. Isaiah 54:13: Isaiah 48:18; Isaiah 66:12

AH. Isaiah 54:14: Isaiah 1:26; Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 62:1

AI. Isaiah 54:14: Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 14:4

AJ. Isaiah 54:14: Isaiah 54:4

AK. Isaiah 54:14: Isaiah 33:18

AL. Isaiah 54:15: Isaiah 41:11-16

AM. Isaiah 54:17: Isaiah 17:12-14; Isaiah 29:8

AN. Isaiah 54:17: Isaiah 50:8; Isaiah 50:9

AO. Isaiah 54:17: Isaiah 45:24; Isaiah 46:13