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so 1QIsaa 4QIsad; 1QIsab MT LXX lack even">a</a></span> one who never bore a child!</p> <p class="poetry2">Burst into song and shout for joy,</p> <p class="poetry2">even<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:1 Or and; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT LXX lack even">b</a></span> you who were never in labor!</p> <p class="poetry2">For the children of the desolate woman will be more</p> <p class="poetry2">than the children of her that is married,”</p> <p class="poetry2">says the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Enlarge the location<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:2 Or place">c</a></span> of your tent,</p> <p class="poetry2">let the curtains of your dwellings be stretched wide,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and">d</a></span> don’t hold back.</p> <p class="poetry2">Lengthen your cords;</p> <p class="poetry2">strengthen your stakes.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For you will spread out to the right hand and to the left,</p> <p class="poetry2">and your descendants<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:3 Lit. seed">e</a></span> will possess<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:3 1QIsaa is pl.; MT is sing.">f</a></span> the nations</p> <p class="poetry2">and will populate the deserted towns.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span> “Don’t be afraid,</p> <p class="poetry2">because you won’t be ashamed;</p> <p class="poetry2">don’t fear shame,</p> <p class="poetry2">for you won’t be humiliated—</p> <p class="poetry2">because you will forget the disgrace of your youth,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For your Maker is your husband;</p> <p class="poetry2">the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;</p> <p class="poetry2">he is called the God of the whole earth.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For the LORD has called you back</p> <p class="poetry2">like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,</p> <p class="poetry2">like the wife of a man’s youth when she is cast off,”</p> <p class="poetry2">says the LORD your God.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read says your God">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><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="poetry2">but I’ll gather you with great compassion.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I hid my face from you for a moment in a surge of anger,</p> <p class="poetry2">but I will have compassion on you with my<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:8 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT LXX lack my">h</a></span> everlasting gracious love,”</p> <p class="poetry2">says the LORD your Redeemer.</p> <p class="heading">God’s Reconciliation with Israel</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“For this is like the waters of Noah to me,</p> <p class="poetry2">when I swore that the waters of Noah</p> <p class="poetry2">would never again spread over the earth;</p> <p class="poetry2">so have I sworn that I won’t be angry with you again<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks again">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and that I<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:9 1QIsaa LXX MT lack that I">j</a></span> won’t rebuke you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For the mountains may collapse</p> <p class="poetry2">and the hills may reel,</p> <p class="poetry2">but my gracious love will not depart from you,</p> <p class="poetry2">neither will my covenant of peace totter,”</p> <p class="poetry2">says the LORD, who has compassion on you.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“O afflicted one,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:11 i.e. the city of Jerusalem">k</a></span> passed back and forth,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read storm-tossed; LXX reads unsteady">l</a></span> and not comforted,</p> <p class="poetry2">Look! I am about to set your stones in antimony,</p> <p class="poetry2">and lay your foundations with sapphires.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And I’ll make your battlements of rubies,</p> <p class="poetry2">and your gates of jewels,</p> <p class="poetry2">and all your walls of precious stones.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then all your children will be taught by the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">and great will be your children’s prosperity.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“In righteousness you’ll be established;</p> <p class="poetry2">you will be far from tyranny,</p> <p class="poetry2">for you won’t be afraid,</p> <p class="poetry2">and from terror,</p> <p class="poetry2">for it won’t come near you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Watch! If anyone does attack you,</p> <p class="poetry2">it will not be from me;</p> <p class="poetry2">whoever may attack<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:15 So 1QIsaa; MT reads whoever attacks">m</a></span> you will fall<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:15 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT reads he will fall; LXX reads they will flee">n</a></span> because of you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Look! It is I who have created the blacksmith</p> <p class="poetry2">who fans coals in the fire,</p> <p class="poetry2">and produces a weapon for his purpose.</p> <p class="poetry2">It<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:16 So 1QIsaa; MT reads And it; cf. LXX">o</a></span> is I who have created the ravager to wreak havoc;</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/54-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>no weapon that is forged against you will be effective.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="54:17 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX read effective, and you will refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment">p</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">This is the heritage of the LORD’s servants,</p> <p class="poetry2">and their righteousness from me,”</p> <p class="poetry2">says the LORD.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 54:1 Or <i>and</i>; so 1QIsaa 4QIsad; 1QIsab MT LXX lack <i>even</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 54:1 Or <i>and</i>; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT LXX lack <i>even</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 54:2 Or <i>place</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 54:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 54:3 Lit. <i>seed</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 54:3 1QIsaa is pl.; MT is sing.<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 54:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>says your God</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 54:8 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT LXX lack <i>my</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 54:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks <i>again</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 54:9 1QIsaa LXX MT lack <i>that I</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 54:11 i.e. the city of Jerusalem<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 54:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read <i>storm-tossed</i>; LXX reads <i>unsteady</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 54:15 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>whoever attacks</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 54:15 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT reads <i>he will fall</i>; LXX reads <i>they will flee</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 54:16 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>And it</i>; cf. 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