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the children of the married woman,”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">says the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Enlarge the site of your tent,</p><p class="poem">and let your tent curtains be stretched out;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">do not hold back;</p><p class="poem">lengthen your ropes,</p><p class="poem">and drive your pegs deep.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For you will spread out to the right and to the left,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and your descendants will dispossess nations</p><p class="poem">and inhabit the desolate cities.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">don’t be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced.</p><p class="poem">For you will forget the shame of your youth,</p><p class="poem">and you will no longer remember</p><p class="poem">the disgrace of your widowhood.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Indeed, your husband is your Maker<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">his name is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> of Armies —</p><p class="poem">and the Holy One of Israel<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> is your Redeemer;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.5.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">he is called the God of the whole earth.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has called you,</p><p class="poem">like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">a wife of one’s youth<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> when she is rejected,”</p><p class="poem">says your God.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“I deserted you for a brief moment,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">but I will take you back with abundant compassion.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>In a surge of anger</p><p class="poem">I hid my face<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> from you for a moment,</p><p class="poem">but I will have compassion on you</p><p class="poem">with everlasting love,”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">says the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> your Redeemer.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“For this is like the days<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.54.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> of Noah to me:</p><p class="poem">when I swore that the water of Noah</p><p class="poem">would never flood the earth again,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you</p><p class="poem">or rebuke you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Though the mountains move</p><p class="poem">and the hills shake,</p><p class="poem">my love will not be removed from you</p><p class="poem">and my covenant of peace<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> will not be shaken,”</p><p class="poem">says your compassionate L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted,</p><p class="poem">I will set your stones in black mortar,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.54.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and lay your foundations in lapis lazuli.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I will make your fortifications<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.54.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> out of rubies,</p><p class="poem">your gates out of sparkling stones,</p><p class="poem">and all your walls out of precious stones.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then all your children will be taught by the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">their prosperity will be great,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and you will be established</p><p class="poem">on a foundation of righteousness.</p><p class="poem">You will be far from oppression,</p><p class="poem">you will certainly not be afraid;</p><p class="poem">you will be far from terror,</p><p class="poem">it will certainly not come near you.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If anyone attacks you,</p><p class="poem">it is not from me;</p><p class="poem">whoever attacks you</p><p class="poem">will fall before you.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Look, I have created the craftsman</p><p class="poem">who blows on the charcoal fire</p><p class="poem">and produces a weapon suitable for its task;</p><p class="poem">and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.54.17" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/54-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>No weapon formed against you will succeed,</p><p class="poem">and you will refute any accusation<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.54.17.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">raised against you in court.</p><p class="poem">This is the heritage of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s servants,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and their vindication is from me.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.54.17.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture">This is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Isaiah.54" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.54.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.9">54:9</a></span> DSS, Cairo Geniza; MT, LXX read <span class="italic">waters</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.54.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.11">54:11</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">in antimony</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.54.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.12">54:12</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">suns</span> ; perhaps <span class="italic">shields</span> ; Ps 84:11</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.54.17.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.17">54:17</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">refute every tongue</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Isaiah.54" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.1">54:1</a></span> Gl 4:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.1">54:1</a></span> 1Sm 2:5; Is 62:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.2">54:2</a></span> Is 49:19–20</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.3">54:3</a></span> Gn 28:14; Is 43:5–6; 60:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.4">54:4</a></span> Is 45:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.4">54:4</a></span> Is 4:1; 25:8; 51:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.5">54:5</a></span> Jr 3:14; Hs 2:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.5">54:5</a></span> Is 1:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.5.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.5">54:5</a></span> Is 41:14; 43:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.6">54:6</a></span> Is 49:14–21; 50:1–2; 62:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.6">54:6</a></span> Mal 2:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.7">54:7</a></span> Is 26:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.8">54:8</a></span> Dt 31:17–18; Is 8:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.8">54:8</a></span> Ps 100:5; Jr 31:3; 33:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.9">54:9</a></span> Gn 9:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.9">54:9</a></span> Ezk 39:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.10">54:10</a></span> Nm 25:12; Ezk 34:25; Mal 2:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.11">54:11</a></span> Rv 21:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.13">54:13</a></span> Jn 6:45</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.17">54:17</a></span> Is 41:8–9; Lk 1:54</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.54.17.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.54.17">54:17</a></span> Is 45:24; 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