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UST ISA Chapter 54

◄ ISA 54 ► ║ ═ ©

54 Yahweh says, “You people of Jerusalem should start

singing joyfully and shouting loudly.

Your city is like a woman

who has never gone into labor and given birth to any children.

But soon it will be like a woman

whose husband once abandoned her but then took her back,

and she had more children than a woman who was always married.

2 You are like people who live in a tent who need to enlarge it

to make room for more children.

They would use more material and longer ropes

to make a larger space to live in.

They would make sure that the stakes were strong enough

to hold this larger tent.

3 Get ready, because the people of the city will spread out in every direction.

Their families will occupy territory that other nations now control,

and they will settle in cities in which no one now lives.

4 You have felt shame, as if you were a woman

who did not have children when she was young.

You have felt disgrace, as if you were a woman whose husband had died.

But you will not feel those things anymore.

So, since no one will disgrace you again, do not be afraid.

Since no one will humiliate you again, do not feel shame.

5 This is because I, Yahweh, the commander of the heavenly armies,

the one who made you, will be like a husband to you.

I, the holy God of the Israelites, am the one who is rescuing you.

I am the God who rules the whole world.”

6 Your God says, “Indeed, I, Yahweh, have seen

that you are like a wife whose husband left her.

You have been very sad, like a woman

whose husband married her when he was young

but then rejected her.

7 I sent you away for a short time,

but now I will bring you back to me very tenderly.

8 Because I was so angry with you,

I had nothing to do with you for a time.

But from now on, I will always treat you kindly and mercifully.”

That is what Yahweh says. He is the one who is rescuing you.

9 “I promise this because for me, this is like the flood in Noah’s time.

Then I swore that a flood would never cover the earth again.

In the same way, I now swear that I will not

be angry with you or punish you.

10 You can be sure of this because even if the mountains and hills crumble,

I will always keep loving you faithfully.

I will never break my promise

to make things go well for you.”

That is what Yahweh says. He is the one who is treating you mercifully.

11 “You suffering people of Jerusalem, enemies have battered you,

and no one has helped you.

Listen! I am going to rebuild your city splendidly.

It will be as if the stones have turquoise settings

and as if the foundations are sapphires.

12 It will be as if people have made the fortifications from rubies,

the gates from beryl, and the walls from precious stones.

13 I myself will teach everyone who resides in the city,

and they will live very peacefully.

14 People in the city will do what is right.

No one will treat you cruelly, so you will not have to be afraid.

Nothing harmful will attack you, so will not have to feel terror.

15 Listen! If anyone attacks you,

it will not be because I sent them to do that.

You will defeat anyone who attacks you.

16 Think about this: I am the one who created metalworkers

who blow on coals to make hot fires

so they can produce weapons that will be effective.

I am also the one who allows armies to destroy things.

17 No weapon that anyone makes to use against you will be effective.

If anyone speaks against you to accuse you,

you will prove that they are wrong.

This is what I, Yahweh, do for my servants.

I make them victorious.”

This is what Yahweh declares.