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Isaiah 54:1-8

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The Fertility of Zion

1“Shout for joy, infertile one, you who have not given birth to any child;

Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor;

For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous

Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.

2“Enlarge the place of your tent;

Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not spare them;

Lengthen your ropes

And strengthen your pegs.

3“For you will spread out to the right and to the left.

And your descendants will possess nations

And will resettle the desolate cities.

4“Fear not, for you will not be put to shame;

And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;

But you will forget the shame of your youth,

And no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.

5“For your husband is your Maker,

Whose name is the Lord of armies;

And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,

Who is called the God of all the earth.

6“For the Lord has called you,

Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,

Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”

7“For a brief moment I abandoned you,

But with great compassion I will gather you.

8“In an outburst of anger

I hid My face from you for a moment,

But with everlasting favor I will have compassion on you,”

Says the Lord your Redeemer.