Isaiah 54
New International Version

The Future Glory of Zion

54 “Sing, barren woman,^(A)
    you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,^(B)
    you who were never in labor;^(C)
because more are the children^(D)of the desolate^(E)woman
    than of her who has a husband,^(F)”
says theLord.
²“Enlarge the place of your tent,^(G)
    stretch your tent curtains wide,
    do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
    strengthen your stakes.^(H)
³For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
    your descendants^(I)will dispossess nations^(J)
    and settle in their desolate^(K)cities.

⁴“Do not be afraid;^(L)you will not be put to shame.^(M)
    Do not fear disgrace;^(N)you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth^(O)
    and remember no more the reproach^(P)of your widowhood.^(Q)
⁵For your Maker^(R)is your husband^(S)—
    theLordAlmighty is his name—
the Holy One^(T)of Israel is your Redeemer;^(U)
    he is called the God of all the earth.^(V)
⁶TheLordwill call you back^(W)
    as if you were a wife deserted^(X)and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,^(Y)
    only to be rejected,” says your God.
⁷“For a brief moment^(Z)I abandoned^(AA)you,
    but with deep compassion^(AB)I will bring you back.^(AC)
⁸In a surge of anger^(AD)
    I hid^(AE)my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness^(AF)
    I will have compassion^(AG)on you,”
    says theLordyour Redeemer.^(AH)

⁹“To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.^(AI)
So now I have sworn^(AJ)not to be angry^(AK)with you,
    never to rebuke^(AL)you again.
¹⁰Though the mountains be shaken^(AM)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love^(AN)for you will not be shaken^(AO)
    nor my covenant^(AP)of peace^(AQ)be removed,”
    says theLord, who has compassion^(AR)on you.

¹¹“Afflicted^(AS)city, lashed by storms^(AT)and not comforted,^(AU)
    I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,^[a]^(AV)
    your foundations^(AW)with lapis lazuli.^(AX)
¹²I will make your battlements of rubies,
    your gates^(AY)of sparkling jewels,
    and all your walls of precious stones.
¹³All your children will be taught by theLord,^(AZ)
    and great will be their peace.^(BA)
¹⁴In righteousness^(BB)you will be established:^(BC)
Tyranny^(BD)will be far from you;
    you will have nothing to fear.^(BE)
Terror^(BF)will be far removed;
    it will not come near you.
¹⁵If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
    whoever attacks you will surrender^(BG)to you.

¹⁶“See, it is I who created the blacksmith^(BH)
    who fans the coals into flame
    and forges a weapon^(BI)fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer^(BJ)to wreak havoc;
¹⁷    no weapon forged against you will prevail,^(BK)
    and you will refute^(BL)every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants^(BM)of theLord,
    and this is their vindication^(BN)from me,”
declares theLord.