Isaiah 54:1-7 ▼

1 Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman,| says the LORD.

2 Make your tent larger, stretch your tent curtains farther out! Spare no effort, lengthen your ropes, and pound your stakes deep.

3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your children will conquer nations and will resettle desolate cities.

4 Don't be afraid, for you will not be put to shame! Don't be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated! You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.

5 For your husband is the one who made you--the LORD who commands armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called |God of the entire earth.|

6 Indeed, the LORD will call you back like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, like a young wife when she has been rejected,| says your God.

7 For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.