Isaiah 54

The Future Glory of Zion

1 “Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.
4 “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 For your Maker is your husband— the LORD Almighty is his name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.
6 The LORD will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit— a wife who married young, only to be rejected,” says your God.
7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
8 In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
9 “To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
11 “Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,[a]your foundations with lapis lazuli.
12 I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
13 All your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their peace.
14 In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you.
15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing; whoever attacks you will surrender to you.
16 “See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;
17 no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the LORD.

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Cross References 67

  • 1. S Genesis 30:1
  • 2. S Genesis 21:6; S Psalms 98:4
  • 3. Isaiah 66:7
  • 4. Isaiah 49:20
  • 5. S Isaiah 49:19
  • 6. S 1 Samuel 2:5; Galatians 4:27*
  • 7. S Genesis 26:22; Isaiah 26:15; Isaiah 49:19-20
  • 8. Exodus 35:18; Exodus 39:40
  • 9. S Genesis 13:14; S Isaiah 48:19
  • 10. S Job 12:23; S Isaiah 14:2; Isaiah 60:4-11
  • 11. S Isaiah 49:19
  • 12. Jeremiah 30:10; Joel 2:21
  • 13. S Isaiah 28:16; S Isaiah 29:22
  • 14. S Genesis 30:23; S Psalms 119:39; S Isaiah 41:11
  • 15. S Psalms 25:7; S Jeremiah 2:2; S Jeremiah 22:21
  • 16. S Isaiah 51:7
  • 17. S Isaiah 47:8
  • 18. S Psalms 95:6; S Psalms 149:2; S Isaiah 51:13
  • 19. S Song of Songs 3:11; Jeremiah 3:14; Jeremiah 31:32; Hosea 2:7,16
  • 20. S Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 49:7; Isaiah 55:5; Isaiah 60:9
  • 21. S Isaiah 48:17
  • 22. S Isaiah 6:3; S Isaiah 12:4
  • 23. Isaiah 49:14-21
  • 24. ver 6-7; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 50:1-2; Isaiah 60:15; Isaiah 62:4,12; Jeremiah 44:2; Hosea 1:10
  • 25. S Exodus 20:14; Malachi 2:15
  • 26. S Job 14:13; Isaiah 26:20
  • 27. S Psalms 71:11; S Isaiah 27:8
  • 28. S Psalms 51:1
  • 29. S Isaiah 49:18
  • 30. Isaiah 9:12; Isaiah 26:20; Isaiah 60:10
  • 31. S Isaiah 1:15
  • 32. ver 10; S Psalms 25:6; Psalms 92:2; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 63:7
  • 33. S Psalms 102:13; S Isaiah 14:1; Hosea 2:19
  • 34. S Isaiah 48:17
  • 35. S Genesis 8:21
  • 36. S Isaiah 14:24; S Isaiah 49:18
  • 37. Psalms 13:1; Psalms 103:9; Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 57:16; Jeremiah 3:5,12; Ezekiel 39:29; Micah 7:18
  • 38. S Deuteronomy 28:20
  • 39. Revelation 6:14
  • 40. S Psalms 46:2
  • 41. S Psalms 6:4
  • 42. S Isaiah 51:6; Hebrews 12:27
  • 43. S Genesis 9:16; Exodus 34:10; Psalms 89:34; S Isaiah 42:6
  • 44. S Numbers 25:12
  • 45. ver 8; S Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 55:7
  • 46. S Isaiah 14:32
  • 47. Isaiah 28:2; Isaiah 29:6
  • 48. S Isaiah 51:19
  • 49. 1 Chronicles 29:2; Revelation 21:18
  • 50. S Isaiah 28:16; Revelation 21:19-20
  • 51. S Exodus 24:10; S Job 28:6
  • 52. Revelation 21:21
  • 53. S Isaiah 28:9; Micah 4:2; John 6:45*; Hebrews 8:11
  • 54. S Leviticus 26:6; S Isaiah 48:18
  • 55. S Isaiah 26:2
  • 56. Jeremiah 30:20
  • 57. S 2 Samuel 7:10; S Isaiah 9:4
  • 58. Zephaniah 3:15; Zechariah 9:8
  • 59. S Isaiah 17:14
  • 60. Isaiah 41:11-16
  • 61. S Isaiah 44:12
  • 62. S Isaiah 10:5
  • 63. S Isaiah 13:5
  • 64. S Isaiah 29:8
  • 65. S Isaiah 41:11; Isaiah 45:24-25
  • 66. Isaiah 56:6-8; Isaiah 63:17; Isaiah 65:8,9,13-15; Isaiah 66:14
  • 67. S Psalms 17:2; Zechariah 1:20-21

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

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