Isaiah 54:1-8 ▼

1 |Sing, you barren woman, even the one who never bore a child! Burst into song and shout for joy, even you who were never in labor! For the children of the desolate woman will be more than the children of her that is married,| says the LORD.

2 |Enlarge the location of your tent, let the curtains of your dwellings be stretched wide, and don't hold back. Lengthen your cords; strengthen your stakes.

3 For you will spread out to the right hand and to the left, and your descendants will possess the nations and will populate the deserted towns.

4 |Don't be afraid, because you won't be ashamed; don't fear shame, for you won't be humiliated— because you will forget the disgrace of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

5 For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name, and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of the whole earth.

6 For the LORD has called you back like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like the wife of a man's youth when she is cast off,| says the LORD your God.

7 |For a brief moment I abandoned you; but I'll gather you with great compassion.

8 I hid my face from you for a moment in a surge of anger, but I will have compassion on you with my everlasting gracious love,| says the LORD your Redeemer.