Isaiah54

Isaiah 54 opens with a command for the barren and desolate to sing and rejoice, for her offspring will be more numerous than those of the married wife. The Lord declares Himself her Maker and Husband, promising to gather her with great mercies after a brief period of forsaking. He assures her of an everlasting covenant of peace and protection, establishing her in righteousness and safeguarding her from all adversaries.

Promise of Restoration and Expansion

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Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more are the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah.
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Enlarge the place of thy tent, And the curtains of thy tabernacles they stretch out, Restrain not--lengthen thy cords, And thy pins make strong.
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For right and left thou breakest forth, And thy seed doth nations possess,

God is Israel's Eternal Husband

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And desolate cities they cause to be inhabited. Fear not, for thou art not ashamed, Nor blush, for thou art not confounded, For the shame of thy youth thou forgettest, And the reproach of thy widowhood Thou dost not remember any more.
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For thy Maker is thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, And thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, `God of all the earth,' He is called.
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For, as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Called thee hath Jehovah, Even a youthful wife when she is refused, said thy God.
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In a small moment I have forsaken thee, And in great mercies I do gather thee,
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In overflowing wrath I hid my face for a moment from thee, And in kindness age-during I have loved thee, Said thy Redeemer--Jehovah!

The Everlasting Covenant of Peace

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For, the waters of Noah is this to Me, In that I have sworn--the waters of Noah Do not pass again over the earth--So I have sworn, Wrath is not upon thee, Nor rebuke against thee.
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For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from thee departeth not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving one--Jehovah.

The Glorious Rebuilding of Zion

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O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,
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And have made of agate thy pinnacles, And thy gates of carbuncle stones, And all thy border of stones of delight,
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And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant is the peace of thy sons.
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In righteousness thou establishest thyself, Be far from oppression, for thou fearest not, And from ruin, for it cometh not near unto thee.

Protection and Final Vindication

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Lo, he doth diligently assemble without My desire, Who hath assembled near thee? By thee he falleth!
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Lo, I--I have prepared an artisan, Blowing on a fire of coals, And bringing out an instrument for his work, And I have prepared a destroyer to destroy.
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No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!
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