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Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that dost not travail: for more are the children of the desolate than of her that has a husband: for the Lord has said,
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Enlarge the place of thy tent, and of thy curtains: fix , spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy pins;
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spread forth yet to the right and the left: for thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and thou shalt make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
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Fear not, because thou has been put to shame, neither be confounded, because thou was reproached: for thou shalt forget thy former shame, and shalt no more at all remember the reproach of thy widowhood.
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For the Lord that made thee; the Lord of hosts is his name: and he that delivered thee, he is the God of Israel, shall be called by the whole earth.
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The Lord has not called thee as a deserted and faint-hearted woman, nor as a woman hated from youth, saith thy God.
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For a little while I left thee: but with great mercy will I have compassion upon thee.
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In a little wrath I turned away my face from thee; but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon thee, saith the Lord that delivers thee.
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From the time of the water of Noe this is my : as I sware to him at that time, of the earth, I will no more be wroth with thee, neither when thou art threatened,
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shall the mountains depart, nor shall thy hills be removed: so neither shall my mercy fail thee, nor shall the covenant of thy peace be at all removed: for the Lord gracious to thee has spoken .
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Afflicted and outcast thou has not been comforted: behold, I prepare carbuncle thy stones, and sapphire for thy foundations;
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and I will make thy buttresses jasper, and thy gates crystal, and thy border precious stones.
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And all thy sons taught of God, and thy children in great peace.
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And thou shalt be built in righteousness: abstain from injustice, and thou shalt not fear; and trembling shall not come nigh thee.
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Behold, strangers shall come to thee by me, and shall sojourn with thee, and shall run to thee for refuge.
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Behold, I have created thee, not as the coppersmith blowing coals, and bringing out a vessel for work; but I have created thee, not for ruin, that should destroy .
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I will not suffer any weapon formed against thee to prosper; and every voice that shall rise up against thee for judgment, thou shalt vanquish them all; and thine adversaries shall be thereby. There is an inheritance to them that serve the Lord, and ye shall be righteous before me, saith the Lord.