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Isaiah 54 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Future Glory for Jerusalem
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:1 - “Sing, O childless woman,
you who have never given birth!
Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem,
you who have never been in labor.
For the desolate woman now has more children
than the woman who lives with her husband,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - “Enlarge your house; build an addition.
Spread out your home, and spare no expense!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3 - For you will soon be bursting at the seams.
Your descendants will occupy other nations
and resettle the ruined cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4 - “Fear not; you will no longer live in shame.
Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you.
You will no longer remember the shame of your youth
and the sorrows of widowhood.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:5 - For your Creator will be your husband;
the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name!
He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
the God of all the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:6 - For the LORD has called you back from your grief—
as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,”
says your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:7 - “For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with great compassion I will take you back.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:8 - In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while.
But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
says the LORD, your Redeemer.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:9 - “Just as I swore in the time of Noah
that I would never again let a flood cover the earth,
so now I swear
that I will never again be angry and punish you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:10 - For the mountains may move
and the hills disappear,
but even then my faithful love for you will remain.
My covenant of blessing will never be broken,”
says the LORD, who has mercy on you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11 - “O storm-battered city,
troubled and desolate!
I will rebuild you with precious jewels
and make your foundations from lapis lazuli.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:12 - I will make your towers of sparkling rubies,
your gates of shining gems,
and your walls of precious stones.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:13 - I will teach all your children,
and they will enjoy great peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:14 - You will be secure under a government that is just and fair.
Your enemies will stay far away.
You will live in peace,
and terror will not come near.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:15 - If any nation comes to fight you,
it is not because I sent them.
Whoever attacks you will go down in defeat.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - “I have created the blacksmith
who fans the coals beneath the forge
and makes the weapons of destruction.
And I have created the armies that destroy.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:17 - But in that coming day
no weapon turned against you will succeed.
You will silence every voice
raised up to accuse you.
These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD;
their vindication will come from me.
I, the LORD, have spoken!
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