| International Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1"Sing, you barren woman, even the one who never bore a child! Burst into song and shout for joy, even you who were never in labor! For the children of the desolate woman will be more than the children of her that is married," says the LORD. | 1“Sing, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, you who have never been in labor. For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband,” says the LORD. |
| 2"Enlarge the location of your tent, let the curtains of your dwellings be stretched wide, and don't hold back. Lengthen your cords; strengthen your stakes. | 2“Enlarge your house; build an addition. Spread out your home, and spare no expense! |
| 3For you will spread out to the right hand and to the left, and your descendants will possess the nations and will populate the deserted towns. | 3For you will soon be bursting at the seams. Your descendants will occupy other nations and resettle the ruined cities. |
| 4 "Don't be afraid, because you won't be ashamed; don't fear shame, for you won't be humiliated— because you will forget the disgrace of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. | 4“Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood. |
| 5For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name, and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of the whole earth. | 5For your Creator will be your husband; the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name! He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth. |
| 6For the LORD has called you back like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like the wife of a man's youth when she is cast off," says the LORD your God. | 6For the LORD has called you back from your grief— as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,” says your God. |
| 7"For a brief moment I abandoned you; but I'll gather you with great compassion. | 7“For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back. |
| 8I hid my face from you for a moment in a surge of anger, but I will have compassion on you with my everlasting gracious love," says the LORD your Redeemer. | 8In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while. But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD, your Redeemer. |
| 9"For this is like the waters of Noah to me, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again spread over the earth; so have I sworn that I won't be angry with you again and that I won't rebuke you. | 9“Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth, so now I swear that I will never again be angry and punish you. |
| 10For the mountains may collapse and the hills may reel, but my gracious love will not depart from you, neither will my covenant of peace totter," says the LORD, who has compassion on you. | 10For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the LORD, who has mercy on you. |
| 11"O afflicted one, passed back and forth, and not comforted, Look! I am about to set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires. | 11“O storm-battered city, troubled and desolate! I will rebuild you with precious jewels and make your foundations from lapis lazuli. |
| 12And I'll make your battlements of rubies, and your gates of jewels, and all your walls of precious stones. | 12I will make your towers of sparkling rubies, your gates of shining gems, and your walls of precious stones. |
| 13Then all your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be your children's prosperity. | 13I will teach all your children, and they will enjoy great peace. |
| 14"In righteousness you'll be established; you will be far from tyranny, for you won't be afraid, and from terror, for it won't come near you. | 14You will be secure under a government that is just and fair. Your enemies will stay far away. You will live in peace, and terror will not come near. |
| 15Watch! If anyone does attack you, it will not be from me; whoever may attack you will fall because of you. | 15If any nation comes to fight you, it is not because I sent them. Whoever attacks you will go down in defeat. |
| 16Look! It is I who have created the blacksmith who fans coals in the fire, and produces a weapon for his purpose. It is I who have created the ravager to wreak havoc; | 16“I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals beneath the forge and makes the weapons of destruction. And I have created the armies that destroy. |
| 17no weapon that is forged against you will be effective. This is the heritage of the LORD's servants, and their righteousness from me," says the LORD. | 17But in that coming day no weapon turned against you will succeed. You will silence every voice raised up to accuse you. These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD; their vindication will come from me. I, the LORD, have spoken! |
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