54
The Fertility of Zion
Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;
Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Loʀᴅ.
2 “AIs 33:20; 49:19, 20Enlarge the place of your tent;
1Lit Let them stretch outStretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not;
Lengthen your BEx 35:18; 39:40cords
And strengthen your BEx 35:18; 39:40pegs.
3 “For you will AGen 28:14; Is 43:5, 6; 60:3spread abroad to the right and to the left.
And your 1Lit seeddescendants will BIs 14:1, 2possess nations
And will CIs 49:19resettle the desolate cities.
4 “Fear not, for you will AIs 45:17not be put to shame;
And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;
But you will forget the BJer 31:19shame of your youth,
And the CIs 4:1; 25:8; 51:7reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
5 “For your AJer 3:14; Hos 2:19husband is your Maker,
Whose name is the Loʀᴅ of hosts;
And your BIs 43:14; 48:17Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
Who is called the CIs 6:3; 11:9; 65:16God of all the earth.
6 “For the Loʀᴅ has called you,
Like a wife AIs 49:14-21; 50:1, 2; 62:4forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”
Says your God.
But with great compassion I will BIs 11:12; 43:5; 49:18gather you.
I hid My face from you for a moment,
But with everlasting BIs 54:10; 63:7lovingkindness I will CIs 49:10, 13have compassion on you,”
Says the Loʀᴅ your DIs 54:5Redeemer.
9 “For 1Some mss read the waters of Noah this is to Methis is like the days of Noah to Me,
When I swore that the waters of Noah
Would AGen 9:11not 2Lit cross overflood the earth again;
So I have sworn that I will BIs 12:1; Ezek 39:29not be angry with you
Nor will I rebuke you.
10 “For the APs 102:26; Is 51:6mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,
But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,
And My B2 Sam 23:5; Ps 89:34; Is 55:3; 59:21; 61:8covenant of peace will not be shaken,”
Says CIs 54:8the Loʀᴅ who has compassion on you.
Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
And your foundations I will CIs 14:32; 28:16; 44:28lay in 1Or lapis lazuliDJob 28:16; Rev 21:19sapphires.
12 “Moreover, I will make your battlements of 1I.e. bright redrubies,
And your gates of 2Or carbunclescrystal,
And your entire 3Lit border, boundarywall of precious stones.
And the well-being of your sons will be BIs 48:18; 66:12great.
14 “In AIs 1:26, 27; 9:7; 62:1righteousness you will be established;
You will be far from BIs 9:4; 14:4oppression, for you will CIs 54:4not fear;
And from DIs 33:18terror, for it will not come near you.
15 “If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me.
AIs 41:11-16Whoever assails you will fall because of you.
16 “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.
17 “AIs 17:12-14; 29:8No weapon that is formed against you will prosper;
And BIs 50:8, 9every tongue that 1Lit rises againstaccuses you in judgment you will condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Loʀᴅ,
And their CIs 45:24; 46:13vindication is from Me,” declares the Loʀᴅ.
154:2 Lit Let them stretch out
A54:3 Gen 28:14; Is 43:5, 6; 60:3
154:3 Lit seed
A54:6 Is 49:14-21; 50:1, 2; 62:4
154:7 Lit In
154:8 Lit overflowing
154:9 Some mss read the waters of Noah this is to Me
254:9 Lit cross over
B54:10 2 Sam 23:5; Ps 89:34; Is 55:3; 59:21; 61:8
154:11 Or lapis lazuli
154:12 I.e. bright red
254:12 Or carbuncles
354:12 Lit border, boundary
154:13 Or disciples
154:17 Lit rises against