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CHAPTER 54
GIVE praise, O you barren, that bear not: sing forth praise, and make a joyful noise, you that did not travail with child: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that has a husband, said the Lord.
2 Enlarge the place of your tent, and stretch out the skins of your tabernacles, spare not: lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.
3 For you shall pass on to the right hand, and to the left: and your seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and shall inhabit the desolate cities.
4 Fear not, for you shall not be confounded, nor blush: for you shall not be put to shame, because you shall forget the shame of your youth, and shall remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 For he that made you shall rule over you, the Lord of hosts is his name: and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, shall be called the God of all the earth.
6 For the Lord has called you as woman forsaken and mourning in spirit, end se a wife cast off from her youth, said your God.
7 For a, small moment have I forsaken you, but with great mercies will I gather you.
8 In a moment of indignation have I hid my face a little while from you, but with everlasting kindness have I had mercy on you, said the Lord your Redeemer.
9 This thing is to me as in the days of Noe, to whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the earth: so have I sworn not to be angry with you, and not to rebuke you.
10 For the mountains shall be moved, and the hills shall tremble; but my mercy shall not depart from you, and the covenant of my peace shall not be moved: said the Lord that has mercy on you.
11 O poor little one, tossed with tempest, without all comfort, behold I will lay your stones in order, and will lay your foundations with sapphires,
12 And I will make your bulwarks of jasper: and your gates of graven stones, and all your borders of desirable stones.
13 All your children shall be taught of the Lord: and great shall be the peace of your children.
14 And you shall be founded in justice: depart far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
15 Behold, an inhabitant shall come, who was not with me, he that was a stranger to you before, shall be joined to you.
16 Behold, I have created the smith that blows the coals in the fire, and brings forth an instrument for his work, and I have created the killer to destroy.
17 No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper: and every tongue that resists you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their justice with me, said the Lord.