Isa 54:1-10 | NASB2020 | STEP | “ Shout for joy , infertile one , you who have not given birth to any child; Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud , you who have not been in labor ; For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord .

Isaiah 54:1-10

The Fertility of Zion

1 “ ^aShout for joy, infertile one, you who have not given birth to any child;
Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor;
For the sons of the ^bdesolate one will be ^cmore numerous
Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.
2 “ ^dEnlarge the place of your tent;
^{▼▼Lit Let them stretch out}Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not spare them;
Lengthen your ^fropes
And strengthen your ^gpegs.
3 “For you will ^hspread out to the right and to the left.
And your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants will ^jpossess nations
And will ^kresettle the desolate cities.

4 “Fear not, for you will ^lnot be put to shame;
And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;
But you will forget the ^mshame of your youth,
And no longer remember the ⁿdisgrace of your widowhood.
5 “For your ^ohusband is your Maker,
Whose name is the Lord of armies;
And your ^pRedeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
Who is called the ^qGod of all the earth.
6 “For the Lord has called you,
Like a wife ^rforsaken and grieved in spirit,
Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”
Says your God.
7 “ ^{▼▼Lit In}For a ^tbrief moment I abandoned you,
But with great compassion I will ^ugather you.
8 “In an ^{▼▼Lit overflowing
,} ^woutburst of anger
I hid My face from you for a moment,
But with everlasting ^xfavor I will ^yhave compassion on you,”
Says the Lord your ^zRedeemer.

9 “For ^{▼▼Some mss the waters of Noah this is to Me}this is like the days of Noah to Me,
When I swore that the waters of Noah
Would ^abnot ^{▼▼Lit cross over}flood the earth again;
So I have sworn that I will ^adnot be angry with you
Nor rebuke you.
10 “For the ^aemountains may be removed and the hills may shake,
But My ^{▼▼Or faithfulness}favor will not be removed from you,
Nor will My ^agcovenant of peace be shaken,”
Says ^ahthe Lord who has compassion on you.