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          DASV: Isaiah 54    

1 "Sing, O barren one who has never given birth.
     Break out into singing and shouts of joy,
           you who have never been in labor.
      For there are more children from the desolate
          than there are children from the married woman,"
                says the LORD.

2 "Enlarge the place of your tent,
     and stretch out the tent curtains of your dwellings.
     Spare nothing,
           lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
     your descendants will possess the nations
           and resettle the deserted cities.
4 Do not be afraid,
          for you will not be put to shame.
      Do not be embarrassed,
          for you will not be humiliated.
      You will forget the shame of your youth
          and will no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.
5 For your Maker is your husband;
          the LORD of hosts is his name.
      The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer.
     He will be called 'the God of the entire earth.'
6 For the LORD has called you back
     as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
      like a wife who married young and was rejected,"
                says your God.
7 "For a brief moment I abandoned you,
     but with great compassion I will regather you.
8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment,
     but with everlasting love I will have mercy on you,"
           says the LORD your Redeemer.
9 "For this is like in the days of Noah to me;
     for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah
           would never flood the earth,
     so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
           or rebuke you.
10 For the mountains may be moved,
     and the hills shaken,
           but my loyal love will never leave you,
     nor will my covenant of peace ever be broken,"
           says the LORD who has compassion on you.

11 "O afflicted one, tossed by storm and not comforted,
     look, I will rebuild your stones with jewels,
           and lay your foundations with lapis lazuli.
12 I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
     and your gates of sparkling gems,
           and all your walls of precious stones.
13 All your children will be taught by the LORD,
     and your children will enjoy prosperity.
14 In righteousness you will be established;
     you will be far from oppression,
      for you will not fear,
     for terror will not come near you.
15 If anyone attacks you,
     it will not be from me;
      whoever will assemble against you
     will be defeated because of you.

16 Look, I have created the blacksmith
           who blows the fire of coals
     and produces a weapon perfect for its work.
           I have created the destroyer to bring destruction.
17 No weapon that is formed against you will be successful.
     You will refute every tongue
           that makes accusations against you.
      This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD,
          and their vindication is from me,"
                says the LORD.

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