1 GLT “Sing for joy, barren woman who has not given birth; break{ into} joyful song and rejoice, who has not been in labor. For the children of the desolate one{ are} more than the children of the married woman,” says Yahweh. BSB BSB: “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
2 GLT “Broaden the place for your tent and spread out the tent- curtains of your dwelling, without restraint; lengthen your ropes, and strengthen your stakes. BSB BSB: “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
3 GLT For you will spread out to the right hand and to the left, and your seed will conquer nations and settle desolate cities. BSB BSB: For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
4 GLT Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed, and you will not be discouraged, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth and the disgrace of your abandonment you will remember no more. BSB BSB: Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 GLT For your Maker{ is} your husband; Yahweh of hosts{ is} his name. And the Holy One of Israel{ is} your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth. BSB BSB: For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
6 GLT For as a wife abandoned and grieved{ in} spirit Yahweh has called you back, and a wife of youth that is rejected,” says your God. BSB BSB: For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
7 GLT “For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I shall gather you. BSB BSB: “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
8 GLT In a flood of anger I hid my face from you momentarily; but with everlasting covenant faithfulness I will have mercy on you— says your Redeemer, Yahweh. BSB BSB: 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 GLT “For this{ is like} the waters of Noah to me: as I swore{ to keep} the waters of Noah from passing over the earth again, so have I sworn from being angry with you or rebuking you. BSB BSB: “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
10 GLT Though the mountains may fall and the hills be shaken, yet my covenant faithfulness will not turn away from you, and my covenant of peace will not be shaken,”— says Yahweh, who has mercy on you. BSB BSB: Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
11 GLT “Afflicted one, storm- driven, without comfort: behold, I will set your pavement in turquoise, and lay your foundations with sapphires. BSB BSB: “O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 GLT And I will make your ramparts rubies and your gates from stones of beryl, and all your walls from precious stones. BSB BSB: I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
13 GLT And all your sons{ will be} disciples of Yahweh, and great the peace of your sons. BSB BSB: Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
14 GLT In righteousness you will be established, keep far from oppression that you will not fear; and from terror that it will not come near to you. BSB BSB: In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
15 GLT Behold, no attacker will attack besides from me; he who attacks you will fall before you. BSB BSB: If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
16 GLT “Behold, I have created the craftsman, who blows the burning coals and produces weapons as his work, and{ it is} I who created the destroyer to destroy. BSB BSB: Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
17 GLT All the weapons formed against you will not succeed, and all the tongues rising against you for judgment, you will prove guilty. This{ is} the inheritance of the servants of Yahweh, and their vindication from me”— the declaration of Yahweh. BSB BSB: No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
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