Dual Panel1“Shout for joy <07442>, O barren <06135> one who has not <03808> given birth <03205>! Give <06476> a joyful shout <07440> and cry out <06670>, you who have not <03808> been in labor <02342>! For <03588> the children <01121> of the desolate <08074> one are more numerous <07227> than the children <01121> of the married woman <01166>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068>.
2Make <07337> your tent <0168> larger <07337>, stretch <05186> your tent <04908> curtains <03407> farther out <05186>! Spare <02820> no <0408> effort, lengthen <0748> your ropes <04340>, and pound <02388> your stakes <03489> deep <02388>.
3For <03588> you will spread out <06555> to the right <03225> and to the left <08040>; your children <02233> will conquer <03423> nations <01471> and will resettle <03427> desolate <08074> cities <05892>.
4Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372>, for <03588> you will not <03808> be put to shame <0954>! Don’t <0408> be intimidated <03637>, for <03588> you will not <03808> be humiliated <02659>! You will forget <07911> about the shame <01322> you experienced in your youth <05934>; you will no <03808> longer <05750> remember <02142> the disgrace <02781> of your abandonment <0491>.
5For <03588> your husband <01166> is the one who made <06213> you– the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635> is his name <08034>. He is your protector <01350>, the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>. He is called <07121> “God <0430> of the entire <03605> earth <0776>.”
6“Indeed, the Lord <03069> will call <07121> you back <07121> like a wife <0802> who <03588> has been abandoned <05805> and suffers <06087> from depression <07307> <06087>, like a young <05271> wife <0802> when <03588> she has been rejected <03988>,” says <0559> your God <0430>.
7“For a short <06996> time <07281> I abandoned <05800> you, but with great <01419> compassion <07356> I will gather <06908> you.
8In a burst <08241> of anger <07110> I rejected <06440> <05641> you momentarily <07281>, but with <04480> lasting <05769> devotion <02617> I will have compassion <07355> on you,” says <0559> your protector <01350>, the Lord <03068>.
9“As far as <03117> I am concerned, this <02063> is like in Noah’s <05146> time <03117>, when <0834> I vowed <07650> that the waters <04325> of Noah’s <05146> flood <05674> would never again <05750> cover <05921> the earth <0776>. In the same way <03651> I have vowed <07650> that I will not be angry <07107> at <05921> you or shout <01605> at you.
10Even if <03588> the mountains <02022> are removed <04185> and the hills <01389> displaced <04131>, my devotion <02617> will not <03808> be removed <04185> from you, nor <03808> will my covenant <01285> of friendship <07965> be displaced <04131>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068>, the one who has compassion <07355> on you.
11“O afflicted <06041> one, driven away <05590>, and unconsoled <05162> <03808>! Look <02009>, I <0595> am about to set your stones <068> in antimony <06320> and I lay <07257> your foundation <03245> with lapis-lazuli <05601>.
12I will make <07760> your pinnacles <08121> <03539> out of gems <068>, your gates out <08179> of beryl <0688>, and your outer <03605> wall out <01366> of beautiful <02656> stones <068>.
13All <03605> your children <01121> will be followers <03928> of the Lord <03068>, and your children <01121> will enjoy great <07227> prosperity <07965>.
14You will be reestablished <03559> when I vindicate <06666> you. You will not experience <07368> oppression <06233>; indeed <03588>, you will not <03808> be afraid <03372>. You will not be terrified, for <03588> nothing <03808> frightening <04288> will come near <07126> you.
15If <02005> anyone dares <01481> to challenge <01481> you, it will not <0657> be my doing! Whoever <04310> tries to challenge <0854> <01481> you will be defeated <05307>.
16Look <02005>, I <0595> create <01254> the craftsman <02796>, who fans <05301> the coals <06352> into a fire <0784> and forges <03318> a weapon <03627>. I <0595> create <01254> the destroyer <07843> so he might devastate <02254>.
17No <03808> weapon <03627> forged <03335> to be used against <05921> you will succeed <06743>; you will refute <06965> <03956> everyone <03605> who tries to accuse <07561> <04941> you. This <02063> is what the Lord <03068> will do for his servants <05650>– I will vindicate <06666> them,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>.