Return unto Me, for I have re- deemed thee.
^Sing, 0 ye heavens, for the LORD hath done it; Shout, ye lowest parts of the earth; Break forth into singing, ye moun- tains, 0 forest, and every tree therein; For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, • And doth glorify Himself in Israel.
24Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, And He that formed thee from the womb: 1 am the LORD, that maketh all • things; That stretched forth the heavens alone- That spread abroad the earth by Myself; 26That frustrateth the tokens of the impostors, And maketh diviners mad; That turneth wise men backward, And maketh their knowledge foolish; 26That eonfirmeth the word of His servant, And performeth the counsel of His messengers; That saith of Jerusalem: 'She shall be inhabited'; ISAIAH And of the cities of Judah: 'They! shall be built, | And I will raise up the waste places j thereof; i 27That saith to the deep: *Be dry,!
And I will dry up thy rivers'; I 28That saith of Cyrus: 'He is My shepherd, And shall perform all My pleasure'; Even saying of Jerusalem: 'She shall be built'; And to the temple: 'Thy founda- tion shall be laid.7 Thus saith the LORD to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him, And to loose the loins of kings; To open the doors before him, And that the gates may not be shut: 2I \vju go before thee, And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, And cut in sunder the bars of iron; *And I will give thee the treasures of!
darkness, ^ And hidden riches of secret places, That thou mayest know that I am the LORD,, Who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel.
4For the sake of Jacob My servant. And Israel Mine elect, I have called thee by thy name, I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known Me. &I am the LORD, and there is none else, Beside Me there is no God; I have girded thee, though thou hast not known Me; 6That they may know from the ris- ing of the sun, and from the webt, That there is none beside Me; I am the LORD, and there is none else; 7 1 form the light, and create dark- I make peace, and create evil; I am the LORD, that doeth all these things.
HDrop down, ye heavens, from above, And let the skies pour down righteousness; Let the earth open, that they may bring forth salvation, And let her cause righteousness to spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, As a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashionethit: ' What makest thou?' Or: 'Thy work, it hath no hands'? 10Woe unto him that saith unto his father: 'Wherefore begettest thou?; Or to a woman: 'Wherefore travailest thou?'
nThus saith the LORD, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker- Ask Me of the things that are to come; Concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands, command ye Me.
1SI, even I, have made the earth, And created man upon it; I, even My hands, have stretched out the heavens, And all their host have I commanded.
ISAIAH L1I have roused him up in victory, And I make level idl his ways; He hhull build My city, And he* tfhall let Mine exilen go free, Not for price nor reward, Saith the LOUD of hosts. - 14Thus saith the LORD: The labour of Egypt, and the merchundifcw of Ethiopia, And of the Salxnins, men of stature, Shall come over unto thee, and they shall lie thine; They shall go after thce, in chains they shall come over; And they shall fall down unto thee, They shall make nupplication unto tHee: Surely God is in thee, and there ib none else, There is no other God. "Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, 0 God of Israel, the Saviour. lf'They shall be ashamed, yea, con- founded, all of them; They sliali go in confusion together that are makers of idols. 170 Israel, that art saved by the LORD with an everlasting salva- tion; Ye.shall not be ashamed nor con- founded world without end.
18For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens, He is God; That formed the earth and made it, He established it, He created it not a waste, He formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD, and there is none else.
"I have not spoken in secret, In a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob: 'Seek ye Me in vain1; I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. 20Assemble yourselves and come, draw near together, Ye that are escaped of the nations; They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, And pray unto a god that cannot save.
21Declare ye, and bring them near, Yea, let them take counsel together: Who hath announced this from ancient time, And declared it of old? Have not I the LORD? And there is no God else beside Me; A just God and a Saviour; There is none beside Me. ^Look unto Me, and be ye saved, All the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is none else.
^By Myself have I sworn, The word is gone forth from My mouth in righteousness, And shall not come back, That unto Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall swear. ^Only in the LORD, shall one say of Me, is victory and strength; Even to Him shall men come in confusion, All they that were incensed against Him. 26In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel Be justified, and shall glory.
A Ci Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; TU Their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle; The things that ye carried about are made a load, A burden to the weary beast.
stoop, they bow down to- gether, ISAIAH They could not deliver the burden; And themselves are gone into cap- tivity.
3Hearken unto Me, 0 house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, That are borne [by Me] from the birth, That are carried from the womb: 4Even to old age I am the same, And even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; Yea, I will carry, and will deliver.
6To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal, And compare Me, that we may "be like?
6Ye that lavish gold out of the bag, And weigh silver in the balance; Ye that ^ hire a goldsmith, that he make it a god, To fall down thereto, yea, to wor- ship. 7He is borne upon the shoulder, he is carried, And set in his place, and he standeth, From his place he doth not remove; Yea, though one cry unto him, he cannot answer, Nor save him out of his trouble.
8Remember this, and stand fast; Bring it to mind, 0 ye transgress- ors.
9Remember the former things of old: That I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me; 10Declaring the end from the begm- ning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done; Saying: 'My counsel shall stand, And all My pleasure will I do7; "Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man of My counsel from a far country; Yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass, I have purposed, I will also do it.
"Hearken unto Me, ye stout-hearted, That are far from righteousness: 13I bring near My righteousness, it shall not be far off, And My salvation shall not tarry, And I will place salvation in Zion For Israel My glory.
4*7 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the ground without a throne, 0 daughter of the Chaldeans; For thou shalt no more be called Tender and delicate.
^ake the millstones, and grind meal; Remove thy veil, Strip off the train, uncover the leg, Pass through the rivers. 3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, Yea, thy shame shall be seen; 1 will take vengeance, And will let no man intercede, *0ur Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel.
^it thou silent, and get thee into 0 daughter of the Chaldeans; For thou shalt no more be called The mistress of kingdoms* 6I was wroth with My people, 1 profaned Mine inheritance, And gave them into thy hand; Thou didst show them no mercy; Upon the aged hast thou very Laid thy yoke. 7And thou saidst: ISAIAH 'For ever «hall I be mistress'; So that thou didst not lay these' things to thy heart, 1 Neither didst remember the end j thereof.
8Now therefore hear thin, thou that, art given to pleasures, That sittest securely, That sayest in thy heart: ' I am, and there is none else beside I shall not sit as a widow, { Neither shall I know the loss of j children'; ' •But these two things shall come to thee in a moment In one day, The loss of children, and widow- hood; In their full measure shall they j come upon thee, For the multitude of thy sorceries, And the great abundance of thine enchantments.
10 And thou hast been secure in thy wickedness, Thou hast said: 'Noneseethme'; Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It hath perverted thee; And thou hast said in thy heart: 'I am, and there is none else beside me/ 11 Yet shall evil come upon thee; Thou shalt not know how to charm it away; And calamity shall fall upon thee; Thou shalt not be able to put it away; And ruin shall come upon thee suddenly, Before thou knowest.
12Stand now with thine enchantments, And with the multitude of thy sorceries, Wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; If so be thou shalt be able to profit, If so be thou may eat prevail. "Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels; Let now the astrologers, the star* gazers, The monthly prognosticators, Stand up, and save thee From the things that -shall come upon thee, "Behold, they shall be as stubble; The fire shall burn them; They shall not deliver themselves From the power of the flame; It shall not be a coal to warm at, Nor a fire to sit before. 16Thus shall they be unto thee With whom thou hast laboured; They that have trafficked with thee from thy youth Shall wander every one to his quar- ter; There shall be none to save thee.
AQ Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And are come forth out of the fountain of Judah; Who swear by the name of the LORD, And make mention of the God of Israel, But not in truth, nor in righteous- ness. 2For they call themselves of the holy city, And stay themselves upon the God of Israel, The LORD of hosts is His name. 3I have declared the former things from of old; Yea, they went forth out of My mouth, and I announced them; Suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
ISAIAH art 1 4Because I knew that thou obstinate, And thy neck is an iron sinew, And thy brow brass; ^Therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; Before it came to pass I announced it to thee; t Lest thou shouldest say: 'Minej idol hath done them,, And my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.'
6Thou hast heard, see, all this; And ye, will ye not declare it? I have announced unto thee new) things from this time, Even hidden things, which thou hast not known. 7They are created now, and not from of old, And before this day thou heardest them not; Lest thou shouldest say: 'Behold, I knew them.' 8Yea, thou heardest not; Yea, thou knewest not; Yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; For I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, And wast called a transgressor from the womb. 9For My name's sake will I defer Mine anger, And for My praise will I refrain for thee, That I cut thee not off. 10Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction. nFor Mine own sake, for Mine own sake, will I do it; For how should it be profaned? And My glory will I not give to another: ^Hearken unto Me, 0 Jacob, And Israel My called: I am He; I am the first, I also am the last.
13Yea, My hand hath laid the founda- tion of the earth, And My right hand hath spread out the heavens; When I call unto them, They stand up together. "Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; Which among them hath declared these things?
He whom the LOBD loveth shall per- form His pleasure on Babylon, And show His arm on the Chaldeans. 16I, even I, have spoken, yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
16Come ye near unto Me, hear ye this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; From the time that it was, there am I; Ajad now the Lord GOD hath sent me, and His spirit.
17Thus saith the LOBD, thy Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: I am the LOED thy God, Who teacheth thee for thy profit, Who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. I80h that thou wouldest hearken to My commandments! Then would thy peace be as a river, And thy righteousness as the wav^s of the sea; 19Thy seed also would be as the sand, And the offspring of thy body like the grains thereof; 48.19 ISAIAH His name would not be cut off Nor destroyed from before Me.
s°Go ye forth from Babylon, Flee ye from the Chaldeans; With a voice of singing Declare ye, tell this, Utter it even to the end of the earth Say ye: 'The LORD hath redeemec His servant Jacob. 21 And they thirsted not When He led them through the deserts; He caused the waters to flow Out of the rock for them; He cleaved the rock also, And the waters gushed out.' ^here is no peace, Saith the LORD concerning the wicked, ACl Listen, 0 isles, unto me, ^^ And hearken, ye peoples, from far: The LORD hath called me from the womb, From the bowels of my mother hath He made mention of my name; 2And He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand hath He hid me; And He hath made me a polished shaft, In His quiver hath He concealed me; aAnd He said unto me:- "Thou art My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified/ 4But I said: 'I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; Yet surely my right is with the LOKD, And my recompense with my God.' *And now saith the LORD That formed me from the womb to be His servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, And that Israel be gathered unto Him— For I am honourable in the eyes of the LORD, And my God is become my strength — 6Yea, He saith: 'It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be My servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the offspring of Israel: I will also give thee for a light of the nations, That My salvation may be unto the end of the earth.'
7Thus saith the LORD, The Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, To ham who is despised of men, To him who is abhorred of nations, To a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, Princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; Because of the LORD that is faithful, Even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
Thus saith the LORD: In an acceptable time have I an- swered thee, And in a day of salvation have I helped thee; And I will preserve thee, and give thee For a covenant of the people, To raise up the land, To cause to inherit the desolate heritages; laying to the prisoners: 'Go forth'; To them that are in darkness: 'Show yourselves'; ISAIAH They shall feed in the ways, And in all high hills shall be their pasture; 10They shall not hunger nor thirst, Neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; For He that hath compassion on them will lead them, Even by the springs of water will He guide them. "And I will make all My mountains a way. And My highways shall be raised on high.
12Behold, these shall come from far; And, lo, these from the north and from the west, And these from the land of Sinim, 13Sing, 0 heavens, and be joyful, O earth, And break forth into singing, 0 mountains; For the LORD hath comforted His people, And hath compassion upon His afflicted.
14But Zion said: "The LORD hath forsaken me, And the Lord hath forgotten me.' "Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compas- sion on the son of her womb? Yea, these may forget, Yet will not I forget thee. 16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands; Thy walls are continually before Me.
17Thy children make haste; Thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.
l8Lif t up thine eyes round about, and behold: All these gather themselves to- gether, and come to thee.
As I live, saith the LORD, Thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, And gird thyself with them, like a bride.
"For thy waste and thy desolate places And thy land that hath been de- stroyed— y Surely now shalt thou be too strait for the inhabitants, And they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. ™ThQ children of thy bereavement Shall yet say in thine ears: The place is too strait for me; Give place to me that I may dwell/ 21Then shalt thou say in thy heart: 'Who hath begotten me these, Seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, An exile, and wandering to and fro?
And who hath brought up these?
Behold, I was left alone; These, where were they?'
22Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, And set up Mine ensign to the peo- ples, And they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, And thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. ^And kings shall be thy foster- fathers, And thftir queens thy nursing moth- ers; They shall bow down to thee with their face to the earth, And lick the dust of thy feet; And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, ISAIAH For they shall not be ashamed that wait for Me.
24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, Or tin* captive* of the victorious be delivered?
MH»t thas saith the LORD: Even the captives of the mighty yhall be taken away, ^ And the prey of the terrible shall bo delivered; And I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, And I will save thy children. ^And I will feed them that oppress th«*e with their own flesh; ] And they shall Ixj drunken with!
their own blood, as with sweet j wine; i And ail fl«*h shall know that I the, LORD am thy Saviour, i Ahd thy Redeemer, the Mighty I One of Jacob. I i £1/1 Thus saith the LORD: ' Where w the bill of your moth- er's divorcement, ' Wherewith I have put her away?! Or which of My creditors is it, To whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold. And for your transgressions was your mother put away. 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there none to answer? Is My hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; Their fish become foul, because there is no water, And die for thirst. 3I clothe the heavens with blackness, And I make sackcloth their cover- ing.
4The Lord GOD hath given me The tongue of them that are taught, That I should know how to sustain with words him that is weary; He wakeneth morning by morning, He wakeneth mine ear To hear as they that are taught. 6The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, And I was not rebellious, Neither turned away backward. 6I gave my back to the smiters, And my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
7For the Lord GOD will help me; Therefore have I not been confound- ed; Therefore have I set my face like a flint, And I know that I shall not be ashamed.
8He is near that justifieth me; Who will contend with me? let us stand up together; Who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
'Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; Who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall wax old as a garment, The moth shall eat them up.
10Who is among you that feareth the LORD, That obeyeth the voice of His servant?
Though he walketh in darkness, And hath no light, Let him trust in the name of the LORD, ISAIAH And stay upon his God. j "Behold, all ye that kindle a fire,; That gird yourselves with fire- j brands, I Begone in the flame of your fire, j And among the brands that ye have, kindled. i This shall ye have of My hand; j Ye shall lie clown in sorrow.
£ 1 Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, i Ye that seek the LORD; j Look unto the rock whence ye were ' hewn, I And to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.
2Look unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah that bore you; For when he was but one I called him, And I blessed him, and made him many.
3For the LORD hath comforted Zion; He hath comforted all her waste places, And hath made her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness shall be found therein,!
Thanksgiving, and the voice of' melody. j 4Attend unto Me, 0 My people, j And give ear unto Me, 0 My nation; For instruction shall go forth from Me, And My right on a sudden for a light of the peoples. 6My favour is near, My salvation is gone forth, And Mine arms shall judge the peoples; The isles shall wait for Me, And on Mine arm shall they trust.
6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look upon' the earth beneath; For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, And the earth shall wax old like a garment, And they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; But My salvation shall be for ever, And My favour shall not be abol- ished.
7Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness, The people in whose heart is My law; Fear ye not the taunt of men, Neither be ye dismayed at their revi lings.
8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, And the worm shall eat them like wool; But My favour shall be for ever, And My salvation unto all genera- tions.
9Awake, awake, put on strength, 0 arm of the LORD; Awake, as in the days of old, The generations of ancient times. Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces, That pierced the dragon? 10Art thou not it that dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; That made the depths of the sea a way For the redeemed to pass over? "And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come with singing unto Zion, And everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; They shall obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
ISAIAH BI, even I, am He that eomforteth you;!
Who art thou, that thou art afraid ' of man that shall dieT \ And of the son of man that shall be?
made as grass; I "And hast forgotten the LORD thy Maker, That stretched forth the heavens. And laid the foundations of the earth; And fearest continually all the day ' Because of the fury of the oppressor,! As he makcth ready to destroy? ' And where is the "fury of the op- 1 pressor? | l4He that is bent down shall speedily j be loosed:!
And he shall not go down dying into ' the pit, Neither shall his bread fail. lvFor I am the LORD thy God, Who stirreth up the sea, that the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is His name. I6And I have put My words in thy | mouth, | And have covered thee in the shad- 1 ow of My hand, | That I may plant the heavens, i And lay the foundations of the earth, \ And say unto Zion: 'Thou art My people/ 17Awake, awake, Stand up, 0 Jerusalem, That hast drunk at the hand of the LORD The cup of His fury; Thou hast drunken the beaker, even the cup of staggering, And drained it. 18There is none to guide her Among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; Neither is there any that taketh her by the hand Of all the sons that she hath brought up.
* These two things are befallen thee; Who shall bemoan thee? Desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; How shall I comfort thee? 20Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, AH an antelope in a net; They are full of the fury of the LORD, The rebuke of thy God. 21Theref ore hear now this, thou afflicted, And drunken, but not with wine; *Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, A nd thy G od that pleadeth the cause of His people: Behold, I have taken out of thy hand The cup of staggering; The beaker, even the cup of My f ury, Thou shalt no more drink it again; MAnd I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; That have said to thy soul 'Bow down, that we may go over'; And thou hast laid thy back as the ground, And as the street, to them that go over.
Awake, awake, Put on thy strength, 0 Zion; Put on thy beautiful garments, 0 Jerusalem, the holy city; For henceforth there shall no more come into thee The uncircumcised and the unclean. ''Shake thyself from the dust; Arise, and sit down, 0 Jerusalem; Loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, 0 captive daughter of Zion, 3For thus saith the LORD: Ye were sold for nought; ISAIAH And ye shall be redeemed without money.
4For thus saith the Lord GOD: My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; And the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. *Now therefore, what do I here, saith the LORD, Seeing that My people is taken away for nought? They that rule over them do howl, saith the LORD, And My name continually all the day is blasphemed, therefore My people shall know My name; Therefore they shall know in that day That I, even He that spoke, behold, here I am.
7How beautiful upon the moun- tains Are the feet of the messenger of good tidings, That announceth peace, the har- binger of good tidings, That announceth salvation; That saith unto Zion: 'ThyGodreigneth!' 8Hark, thy watchmen! they lift up the voice, Together do they sing; For they shall see, eye to eye, The LORD returning to Zion. 9Break forth into joy, sing together, Ye waste places of Jerusalem; For the LORD hath comforted His people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem. IOThe LORD hath made bare His holy arm In the eyes of all the nations; And all the ends of the earth shall The salvation of our God.
"Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, Touch no unclean thing; Go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, Ye that bear the vessels of the LORD.
12For ye shall not go out in haste, Neither shall ye go by flight; For the LORD will go before you, And the God of Israel will be your rearward.
"Behold, My servant shall prosper, He shall be exalted and lif ted up, and shall be very high. "According as many were appalled at thee — So marred was his visage unlike that of a man, And his form unlike that of the sons of men — 15So shall he startle many nations, Kings shall shut their mouths be- cause of him; For that which had not been told them shall they see, And that which they had not heard shall they perceive. £Q 'Who would have believed our 00 report? And to whom hath the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2For he shot up right forth as a sapling, And as a root out of a dry ground; He had no form nor comeliness, that we should look upon Mm, Nor beauty that we should delight in him.
3He was despised, and forsaken of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with disease, And as one from whom men hide their face: He was despised, and we esteemed him not.
ISAIAH Purely our disea&en he clid bear, and our pains he carried; Whereas we did esteem him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. *But he was wounded because of! our transgressions, I He was crushed because of our, iniquities: j The chastisement of our welfare! was upon him, ' And with his stripes we were healed. | 'All we like sheep did go astray, ] We turned every one to his own way; And the LORD hath made to light on him The iniquity of us all. 7He was oppressed, though he hum- bled himself And opened not his mouth; As a lamb that is led to the slaugh- ter, And as a sheep that before her shearers is dumb; Yea, he opened not his mouth. 8By oppression and judgment he was taken away, And with his generation who did reabon? For he was cut off out of the land of the living, For the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due. 9And they made his grave with the wicked, And with the rich his tomb; Although he had done no violence, Neither was any deceit in his mouth.'
JOYet it pleased the LORD to crush him by disease; To see if his soul would offer itself in restitution, That he might see his seed, prolong his days, And that the purpose of the LORD might prosper by his hand: "Of the travail of his soul he shall see to the full, even My servant, Who by his knowledge did justify the Righteous One to the many, And their iniquities he did bear. 12Therefore will I divide him' a por- tion among the great,, And he shall divide the spoil with the mighty; Because he bared his soul unto death, And was numbered with the trans- gressors; Yet he bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the trans- gressors.
£\4- Sing, 0 barren, thou that didst Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail; For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. 2Enlarge the place of thy tent, And let them stretch forth the cur- tains of thy habitations, spare not; Lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. 3For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; And thy seed shall possess the nations, And make the desolate cities to be inhabited* 4Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed. Neither be thou confounded, for ' thou shalt not be put to shame; fc For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, And the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more. 5For thy Maker is thy husband, The LORD of hosts is His name; ISAIAH And the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer, The God of the whole earth shall He be called.
6For the LORD hath called thee As a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit; i And a wife of youth, can she be rejected? Saith thy God.
7For a small moment have I for- saken thee; i But with great compassion will I gather thee. 8In a little wrath I hid My face from thee fora moment; But with everlasting kindness will I: have compassion on thee, Saith the LORD thy Redeemer. 9For this is as the waters of Xoah unto Me; I For as I have sworn that the waters!
of Noah I Should no more go over the earth, i So have I sworn that I would not « be wroth with thee,; Nor rebuke thee. i 10For the mountains may depart, j And the hills be removed; | But My kindness shall not depart from thee, Neither shall My covenant of peace be removed, Saith the LORD that hath compas- sion on thee.
U0 thou afflicted, tossed with tem- pest, And not comforted, Behold, I will set thy stones in * fair colours, And lay thy foundations with sap- phires. 12And I will make thy pinnacles of j rubies, And thy gates of carbuncles, And all thy border of preciousstones.
13And all thy children shall be taught of the LOHD; And great shall be the peace of thy children. I4In righteousness shalt thou be established; Be thou far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear, And from ruin, for it shall not come near thee. "Behold, they may gather together, but not by Me; Whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.
16Behold, I have created the smith That bloweth the fire of coals, ' And bringeth forth a weapon for his work; And I have created the waster^ to destroy. 17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; And every tongjue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And then- due reward from Me, saith the LORD, Ho, every one that thirsteth,