Isaiah 54

Revised Geneva Translation

54 “Rejoice, O barren who did not bear! Break forth into joy and rejoice, you who did not labor with child! For the desolate has more children than the married wife,” says the LORD.

² “Enlarge the place of your tents. And let them spread out the curtains of your habitations. Do not spare. Stretch out your cords and strengthen your stakes.

³ “For you shall increase on the right hand and on the left. And your seed shall possess the Gentiles and dwell in the desolate cities.

⁴ “Do not fear. For you shall not be ashamed. Nor shall you be confounded. For you shall not be put to shame. Indeed, you shall forget the shame of your youth and shalt not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.

⁵ “For He Who made you is your husband (Whose Name is the LORD of Hosts). And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, shall be called the God of the whole world.

⁶ “For the LORD has called you, being like a woman forsaken and afflicted in spirit, and like a young wife when you were refused,” says your God.

⁷ “For a little while I have forsaken you. But with great compassion I will gather you.

⁸ “For a moment, in anger, I hid My Face from you for a little season. But with everlasting mercy, I have had compassion on you,” says the LORD, your Redeemer.

⁹ “For this is to Me as the waters of Noah. For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should go over the Earth no more, so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you or rebuke you.

¹⁰ “For the mountains shall depart. And the hills shall fall down. But My mercy shall not depart from you. Nor shall the Covenant of My Peace fall away,” says the LORD, Who has compassion on you.

¹¹ “O you afflicted and tossed with storms, who has no comfort, behold, I will lay your stones with antimony, and lay your foundation with sapphires.

¹² “And I will make your windows of emeralds and your gates of shining, your borders of pleasant stones.

¹³ “And all your children shall be taught about the LORD. And much peace shall be to your children.

¹⁴ “In righteousness you shall be established, be far from oppression (for you shall not fear it) and from terror (for it shall not come near you).

¹⁵ “Behold, enemies shall gather themselves, but apart from Me. Whoever shall gather himself against you, shall fall by you.

¹⁶ “Behold, I have created the blacksmith, who blows the coals in the fire. And he who brings forth an instrument for his work. And I have created the destroyer to destroy.

¹⁷ “But none of the weapons that are formed against you shall prosper. And every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the LORD’s servants. And their righteousness is from Me,” says the LORD.