Isaiah 54

1 to sing barren not to beget to break out cry and to cry out not to twist: writh in pain for many son: child be desolate: destroyed from son: child rule: to marry to say LORD

Sing for joy, childless woman, you who have had a baby! Shout aloud, and sing happily, Jerusalem, you who have never given birth! For the abandoned woman now has more children than the married woman, says the Lord.

2 to enlarge place tent your and curtain tabernacle your to stretch not to withhold to prolong cord your and peg your to strengthen: strengthen

Make the tent where you live bigger; stretch the fabric to enlarge your home. Don't try and save space—extend your tent cords and make your tent pegs stronger.

3 for right and left to break through and seed: children your nation to possess: take and city be desolate: destroyed to dwell

You're going to be spreading out right and left; your descendants will take over the land of other nations and live in towns that were once abandoned.

4 not to fear for not be ashamed and not be humiliated for not be ashamed for shame youth your to forget and reproach widowhood your not to remember still

Do not be afraid, for you won't be humiliated; don't be upset, for you won't be disgraced. You will forget about the shame of your youth, and you won't remember the embarrassment of your widowhood any longer.

5 for rule: to marry you to make you LORD Hosts name his and to redeem: redeem your holy Israel God all [the] land: country/planet to call: call by

For your Maker is your husband, the Lord Almighty is his name the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, he is called the God of the whole earth.

6 for like/as woman: wife to leave: forsake and to hurt spirit to call: call to you LORD and woman: wife youth for to reject to say God your

The Lord has called you to come back, like a wife who's been abandoned and deeply hurt, a wife who was married when she was young, only to be rejected, says your God.

7 in/on/with moment small to leave: forsake you and in/on/with compassion great: large to gather you

I deserted you for just a little while, but I will bring you back, showing you a great deal of kindness.

8 in/on/with overflowing wrath to hide face my moment from you and in/on/with kindness forever: enduring to have compassion you to say to redeem: redeem your LORD

In a moment of anger I turned my face away from you, but now with trustworthy love I will always be kind to you, says the Lord, your Redeemer.

9 for water Noah this to/for me which to swear from to pass water Noah still upon [the] land: country/planet so to swear from be angry upon you and from to rebuke in/on/with you

To me this is just like Noah's time, when I promised on oath that a flood would never cover the earth again. In the same way I promise on oath that I won't be angry with you or tell you off.

10 for [the] mountain: mount to remove and [the] hill to shake and kindness my from with you not to remove and covenant peace my not to shake to say to have compassion you LORD

Though the mountains cease to exist and the hills disappear, yet my trustworthy love for you won't cease to exist and my agreement of peace won't disappear, says the Lord, who shows you kindness.

11 afflicted to rage not to be sorry: comfort behold I to stretch in/on/with color stone your and to found you in/on/with sapphire

My poor storm-damaged city that can't be comforted! Look, I'm going to reset your stones in cement made of antimony, I will use sapphires to lay your foundations.

12 and to set: make ruby sun your and gate your to/for stone carbuncle and all border: boundary your to/for stone pleasure

I will make your fortifications out of rubies; I will make your gates out of sparkling beryl. All your walls will be made of precious stones,

13 and all son: child your disciple LORD and many peace son: child your

and all your children will be students of the Lord, and they will live in complete peace.

14 in/on/with righteousness to establish: establish to remove from oppression for not to fear and from terror for not to present: come to(wards) you

Your society will operate from principles of goodness and right; nobody will be there to oppress you. You won't be afraid; you won't have to face any kind of terror.

15 look! to quarrel to quarrel end from [obj] me who? to quarrel with you upon you to fall: fall

If any invader comes to attack you, I didn't send them; you will defeat anyone who attacks you.

16 (behold *QK) I to create artificer to breathe in/on/with fire coal and to come out: produce article/utensil to/for deed: work his and I to create to ruin to/for to destroy

Look—I have created a blacksmith who blows the coals into a hot flame and forges a suitable weapon; and I have created the destroyer who brings destruction.

17 all article/utensil to form: formed upon you not to prosper and all tongue to arise: attack with you to/for justice: judgement be wicked this inheritance servant/slave LORD and righteousness their from with me utterance LORD

None of the weapons forged against you will succeed, and you will condemn anyone who accuses you. This is how the servants of the Lord are blessed, and I am the one who vindicates them, declares the Lord.

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