LEB ISA chapter 54

The Fertile Wife of Yahweh

Burst forth into rejoicing and rejoice, she who has not been in labor!
- For the children of the desolate woman are more than the children of the married woman,” says Yahweh.
2  and let them stretch out the tent curtains of your dwelling place.

You must not spare; make your tent cords long
- and strengthen your pegs,
3 to the right and to the left. And your descendants[fn] will be heir to the nations,
- and they will inhabit desolate towns.
- 4  and you must not be confounded, for you will not feel abashed,
for you will forget the shame of your youth,
- and you will no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.
- 5 [fn] is your maker,[fn] his name is Yahweh of hosts; and your redeemer is the holy one of Israel, he is called the God of all of the earth.
- 6  like[fn] the wife of childhood when she is rejected, says your God.
- 7 [fn] moment, but[fn] I will gather you with great compassion.
- 8 for a moment, in the flowing of anger, but[fn] I will have compassion on you with everlasting faithfulness” says your redeemer, Yahweh.
9 “For this is like the waters of Noah to me,when I swore[fn] over the earth,
- so I swore[fn] angry at you and rebuke you.
- 10  and the hills may sway,
but[fn] my faithfulness shall not depart from you,
- and my covenant of peace shall not sway,”
says Yahweh, who has compassion on you,
11 one, driven away, who is not consoled. Look! I am about to set your stones in hard mortar,
- and I will lay your foundation with sapphires.
- 12 [fn] your battlements of ruby, and your gates of stones of beryl,
- and all your wall of precious stones.
- 13 shall be pupils of Yahweh, and the peace of your children shall be great.
14 In righteousness you shall be established.Be far from oppression, for you shall not fear,
- and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
- 15 it is not from me; whoever attacks you shall fall because of you.
- 16 the craftsman who blows[fn] the fire of coals, and who produces[fn] a weapon for his work;
- also[fn] I myself have created the destroyer to destroy.
- 17  and you shall declare guilty every tongue that rises against you for judgment.
This is the inheritance of the servants of Yahweh,
- and their[fn] from me,”

declares[fn] Yahweh.

54:? Hebrew “descendant”

54:? The Hebrew is plural

54:? Or “and”

54:? Literally “in a small”

54:? Or “and”

54:9 Literally “from the passing over of the waters of Noah again”

54:9 Literally “from being “

54:9 Or “and”

54:9 Literally “place”

54:14 Or “blowing”

54:14 Or “producing”

54:14 Or “and”

54:14 Literally “justice”

54:14 Literally “declaration of”

LEB ISA Chapter 54