Isaiah 54 (NET)

Isaiah 54:1¹“Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:2²Make your tent larger, stretch your tent curtains farther out! Spare no effort, lengthen your ropes, and pound your stakes deep.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:3³For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your children will conquer nations and will resettle desolate cities.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:4⁴Don’t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame. Don’t be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:5⁵For your husband is the one who made you— the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name. He is your Protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called “God of the entire earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:6⁶“Indeed, the Lord will call you back like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, like a young wife when she has been rejected,” says your God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:7⁷“For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:8⁸In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your Protector, the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:9⁹“As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah’s time, when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood would never again cover the earth. In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:10¹⁰Even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced, my devotion will not be removed from you, nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced,” says the Lord, the one who has compassion on you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:11¹¹“O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundation with lapis lazuli.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:12¹²I will make your pinnacles out of gems, your gates out of beryl, and your outer wall out of beautiful stones.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:13¹³All your children will be followers of the Lord, and your children will enjoy great prosperity.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:14¹⁴You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience oppression; indeed, you will not be afraid. You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:15¹⁵If anyone dares to challenge you, it will not be my doing! Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:16¹⁶Look, I create the craftsman, who fans the coals into a fire and forges a weapon. I create the destroyer so he might devastate.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Isaiah 54:17¹⁷No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the Lord will do for his servants— I will vindicate them,” says the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions