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Isaiah 54

New Century Version NCV

1 The Lord says, "Sing, Jerusalem. You are like a woman who never gave birth to children. Start singing and shout for joy. You never felt the pain of giving birth, but you will have more children than the woman who has a husband.

2 Make your tent bigger; stretch it out and make it wider. Do not hold back. Make the ropes longer and its stakes stronger,

3 because you will spread out to the right and to the left. Your children will take over other nations, and they will again live in cities that once were destroyed.

4 "Don't be afraid, because you will not be ashamed. Don't be embarrassed, because you will not be disgraced. You will forget the shame you felt earlier; you will not remember the shame you felt when you lost your husband.

5 The God who made you is like your husband. His name is the Lord All-Powerful. The Holy One of Israel is the one who saves you. He is called the God of all the earth.

6 You were like a woman whose husband left her, and you were very sad. You were like a wife who married young and then her husband left her. But the Lord called you to be his," says your God.

7 God says, "I left you for a short time, but with great kindness I will bring you back again.

8 I became very angry and hid from you for a time, but I will show you mercy with kindness forever," says the Lord who saves you.

9 The Lord says, "This day is like the time of Noah to me. I promised then that I would never flood the world again. In the same way, I promise I will not be angry with you or punish you again.

10 The mountains may disappear, and the hills may come to an end, but my love will never disappear; my promise of peace will not come to an end," says the Lord who shows mercy to you.

11 "You poor city. Storms have hurt you, and you have not been comforted. But I will rebuild you with turquoise stones, and I will build your foundations with sapphires.

12 I will use rubies to build your walls and shining jewels for the gates and precious jewels for all your outer walls.

13 All your children will be taught by the Lord, and they will have much peace.

14 I will build you using fairness. You will be safe from those who would hurt you, so you will have nothing to fear. Nothing will come to make you afraid.

15 I will not send anyone to attack you, and you will defeat those who do attack you.

16 "See, I made the blacksmith. He fans the fire to make it hotter, and he makes the kind of tool he wants. In the same way I have made the destroyer to destroy.

17 So no weapon that is used against you will defeat you. You will show that those who speak against you are wrong. These are the good things my servants receive. Their victory comes from me," says the Lord.

Good News Translation GNT

1 Jerusalem, you have been like a childless woman, but now you can sing and shout for joy. Now you will have more children than a woman whose husband never left her.

2 Make the tent you live in larger; lengthen its ropes and strengthen the pegs!

3 You will extend your boundaries on all sides; your people will get back the land that the other nations now occupy. Cities now deserted will be filled with people.

4 Do not be afraid - you will not be disgraced again; you will not be humiliated. You will forget your unfaithfulness as a young wife, and your desperate loneliness as a widow.

5 Your Creator will be like a husband to you - the Lord Almighty is his name. The holy God of Israel will save you - he is the ruler of all the world.

6 Israel, you are like a young wife, deserted by her husband and deeply distressed. But the Lord calls you back to him and says:

7 "For one brief moment I left you; with deep love I will take you back.

8 I turned away angry for only a moment, but I will show you my love forever." So says the Lord who saves you.

9 "In the time of Noah I promised never again to flood the earth. Now I promise not to be angry with you again; I will not reprimand or punish you.

10 The mountains and hills may crumble, but my love for you will never end; I will keep forever my promise of peace." So says the Lord who loves you.

11 The Lord says, "O Jerusalem, you suffering, helpless city, with no one to comfort you, I will rebuild your foundations with precious stones.

12 I will build your towers with rubies, your gates with stones that glow like fire, and the wall around you with jewels.

13 "I myself will teach your people and give them prosperity and peace.

14 Justice and right will make you strong. You will be safe from oppression and terror.

15 Whoever attacks you, does it without my consent; whoever fights against you will fall.

16 "I create the blacksmith, who builds a fire and forges weapons. I also create the soldier, who uses the weapons to kill.

17 But no weapon will be able to hurt you; you will have an answer for all who accuse you. I will defend my servants and give them victory." The Lord has spoken.