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href="../isaiah/53.htm" title="Isaiah 53">◄</a> Isaiah 54 <a href="../isaiah/55.htm" title="Isaiah 55">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/isaiah/54.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Eternal Covenant of Peace</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;</span><br /><span class="indent">break forth into singing and cry aloud,</span><br /><span class="indent">you who have not been in labor!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">For the children of the desolate one will be more</span><br /><span class="indent">than the children of her who is married,” says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Enlarge the place of your tent,</span><br /><span class="indent">and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">do not hold back; lengthen your cords</span><br /><span class="indent">and strengthen your stakes.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,</span><br /><span class="indent">and your offspring will possess the nations</span><br /><span class="indent">and will people the desolate cities.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Fear not, for you will not be ashamed;</span><br /><span class="indent">be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for you will forget the shame of your youth,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For your Maker is your husband,</span><br /><span class="indent">the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts is his name;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer,</span><br /><span class="indent">the God of the whole earth he is called.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has called you</span><br /><span class="indent">like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">like a wife of youth when she is cast off,</span><br /><span class="indent">says your God.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For a brief moment I deserted you,</span><br /><span class="indent">but with great compassion I will gather you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">In overflowing anger for a moment</span><br /><span class="indent">I hid my face from you,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”</span><br /><span class="indent">says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, your Redeemer.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“This is like the days of Noah<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts For this is as the waters of Noah">a</a></sup></span> to me:</span><br /><span class="indent">as I swore that the waters of Noah</span><br /><span class="indent">should no more go over the earth,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you,</span><br /><span class="indent">and will not rebuke you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the mountains may depart</span><br /><span class="indent">and the hills be removed,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,</span><br /><span class="indent">and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”</span><br /><span class="indent">says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, who has compassion on you.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted,</span><br /><span class="indent">behold, I will set your stones in antimony,</span><br /><span class="indent">and lay your foundations with sapphires.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or lapis lazuli">b</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will make your pinnacles of agate,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or jasper, or ruby">c</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">your gates of carbuncles,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or crystal">d</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">and all your wall of precious stones.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">All your children shall be taught by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">and great shall be the peace of your children.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">In righteousness you shall be established;</span><br /><span class="indent">you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;</span><br /><span class="indent">and from terror, for it shall not come near you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">If anyone stirs up strife,</span><br /><span class="indent">it is not from me;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">whoever stirs up strife with you</span><br /><span class="indent">shall fall because of you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Behold, I have created the smith</span><br /><span class="indent">who blows the fire of coals</span><br /><span class="indent">and produces a weapon for its purpose.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I have also created the ravager to destroy;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="indent">no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,</span><br /><span class="indent">and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">This is the heritage of the servants of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent">and their vindication<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or righteousness">e</a></sup></span> from me, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Some manuscripts <i>For this is as the waters of Noah</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>lapis lazuli</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i>jasper</i>, or <i>ruby</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i>crystal</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>righteousness</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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