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build an addition.</p><p class="line2">Spread out your home, and spare no expense!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For you will soon be bursting at the seams.</p><p class="line2">Your descendants will occupy other nations</p><p class="line2">and resettle the ruined cities.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Fear not; you will no longer live in shame.</p><p class="line2">Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you.</p><p class="line1">You will no longer remember the shame of your youth</p><p class="line2">and the sorrows of widowhood.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For your Creator will be your husband;</p><p class="line2">the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name!</p><p class="line1">He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,</p><p class="line2">the God of all the earth.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For the LORD has called you back from your grief—</p><p class="line2">as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,”</p><p class="line2">says your God.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“For a brief moment I abandoned you,</p><p class="line2">but with great compassion I will take you back.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while.</p><p class="line2">But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”</p><p class="line2">says the LORD, your Redeemer.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Just as I swore in the time of Noah</p><p class="line2">that I would never again let a flood cover the earth,</p><p class="line1">so now I swear</p><p class="line2">that I will never again be angry and punish you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For the mountains may move</p><p class="line2">and the hills disappear,</p><p class="line1">but even then my faithful love for you will remain.</p><p class="line2">My covenant of blessing will never be broken,”</p><p class="line2">says the LORD, who has mercy on you.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“O storm-battered city,</p><p class="line2">troubled and desolate!</p><p class="line1">I will rebuild you with precious jewels</p><p class="line2">and make your foundations from lapis lazuli.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I will make your towers of sparkling rubies,</p><p class="line2">your gates of shining gems,</p><p class="line2">and your walls of precious stones.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I will teach all your children,</p><p class="line2">and they will enjoy great peace.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You will be secure under a government that is just and fair.</p><p class="line2">Your enemies will stay far away.</p><p class="line1">You will live in peace,</p><p class="line2">and terror will not come near.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If any nation comes to fight you,</p><p class="line2">it is not because I sent them.</p><p class="line2">Whoever attacks you will go down in defeat.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“I have created the blacksmith</p><p class="line2">who fans the coals beneath the forge</p><p class="line1">and makes the weapons of destruction.</p><p class="line2">And I have created the armies that destroy.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But in that coming day</p><p class="line2">no weapon turned against you will succeed.</p><p class="line1">You will silence every voice</p><p class="line2">raised up to accuse you.</p><p class="line1">These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD;</p><p class="line2">their vindication will come from me.</p><p class="line2">I, the LORD, have spoken!</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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