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         <div class="label">54</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Future Glory for Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rejoice, childless&#160;one, who&#160;did&#160;not give&#160;birth;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">burst into song and&#160;shout,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">you who have not&#160;been in&#160;labor!&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:1 </span><span class="ft">Gl 4:27</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">For the children of&#160;the&#160;desolate&#160;one will&#160;be&#160;more</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">than the children of&#160;the&#160;married&#160;woman,&#8221;&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:1 </span><span class="ft">1Sm 2:5; Is 62:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Enlarge the site of&#160;your&#160;tent,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">and let your tent curtains be&#160;stretched&#160;out;&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:2 </span><span class="ft">Is 49:19&#8211;20</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">do not hold&#160;back;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">lengthen your&#160;ropes,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">and drive your&#160;pegs&#160;deep.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For you will spread out to&#160;the&#160;right and&#160;to&#160;the&#160;left,&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:3 </span><span class="ft">Gn 28:14; Is 43:5&#8211;6; 60:3</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="content">and your descendants will&#160;dispossess&#160;nations</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="content">and inhabit the&#160;desolate&#160;cities.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid, for&#160;you&#160;will&#160;not be&#160;put&#160;to&#160;shame;&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:4 </span><span class="ft">Is 45:17</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">don&#8217;t be humiliated, for&#160;you&#160;will&#160;not be&#160;disgraced.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">For you will forget the&#160;shame of&#160;your&#160;youth,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">and you will no&#160;longer&#160;remember</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">the disgrace of&#160;your&#160;widowhood.&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:4 </span><span class="ft">Is 4:1; 25:8; 51:7</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Indeed, your husband is your&#160;Maker&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:5 </span><span class="ft">Jr 3:14; Hs 2:19</span></span></span><span class="content"> &#160;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">his name is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> &#160;of&#160;Armies&#160;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">and the Holy One of&#160;Israel&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:5 </span><span class="ft">Is 1:4</span></span></span><span class="content"> is your&#160;Redeemer;&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:5 </span><span class="ft">Is 41:14; 43:14</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">he is called the&#160;God of&#160;the whole&#160;earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has called&#160;you,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">like a wife deserted and&#160;wounded in&#160;spirit,&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:6 </span><span class="ft">Is 49:14&#8211;21; 50:1&#8211;2; 62:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">a wife of one&#8217;s youth&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:6 </span><span class="ft">Mal 2:14</span></span></span><span class="content"> when&#160;she&#160;is&#160;rejected,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">says your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.54.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;I deserted you for&#160;a&#160;brief&#160;moment,&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:7 </span><span class="ft">Is 26:20</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.54.7"><span class="content">but I will take you back with&#160;abundant&#160;compassion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.54.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In a surge of anger</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">I hid my&#160;face&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:8 </span><span class="ft">Dt 31:17&#8211;18; Is 8:17</span></span></span><span class="content"> from&#160;you for&#160;a&#160;moment,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">but I will have compassion on&#160;you</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">with everlasting love,&#8221;&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:8 </span><span class="ft">Ps 100:5; Jr 31:3; 33:11</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your&#160;Redeemer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;For this is like&#160;the&#160;days&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:9 </span><span class="ft">DSS, Cairo Geniza; MT, LXX read </span><span class="fqa">waters</span></span></span><span class="content"> of&#160;Noah to&#160;me:</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">when I swore that&#160;the&#160;water of&#160;Noah</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">would never flood the&#160;earth&#160;again,&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:9 </span><span class="ft">Gn 9:11</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">so I have sworn that&#160;I&#160;will&#160;not be&#160;angry with&#160;you</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">or rebuke you.&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:9 </span><span class="ft">Ezk 39:29</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Though the mountains move</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">and the hills shake,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">my love will not be&#160;removed from&#160;you</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">and my covenant of&#160;peace&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:10 </span><span class="ft">Nm 25:12; Ezk 34:25; Mal 2:5</span></span></span><span class="content"> will&#160;not be&#160;shaken,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">says your compassionate </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and&#160;not&#160;comforted,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="content">I will set your stones in&#160;black&#160;mortar,&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:11 </span><span class="ft">Lit </span><span class="fqa">in antimony</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="content">and lay your&#160;foundations in&#160;lapis lazuli.&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:11 </span><span class="ft">Rv 21:19</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will make your&#160;fortifications&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:12 </span><span class="ft">Lit </span><span class="fqa">suns</span><span class="ft">; perhaps </span><span class="fqa">shields</span><span class="ft">; Ps 84:11</span></span></span><span class="content"> out&#160;of&#160;rubies,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="content">your gates out&#160;of sparkling&#160;stones,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="content">and all your walls out&#160;of precious&#160;stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.54.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then all your children will&#160;be&#160;taught by&#160;the&#160; </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:13 </span><span class="ft">Jn 6:45</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.54.13"><span class="content">their prosperity will&#160;be&#160;great,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.54.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and you will&#160;be&#160;established</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">on a foundation of righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">You will be far from&#160;oppression,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">you will certainly not be&#160;afraid;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">you will be far from&#160;terror,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">it will certainly not come&#160;near&#160;you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If anyone attacks&#160;you,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"><span class="content">it is not from&#160;me;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"><span class="content">whoever attacks&#160;you</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"><span class="content">will fall before&#160;you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Look, I have created the&#160;craftsman</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">who blows on the&#160;charcoal&#160;fire</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">and produces a&#160;weapon&#160;suitable for&#160;its&#160;task;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">and I have created the&#160;destroyer to&#160;cause&#160;havoc.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">No weapon formed against&#160;you will&#160;succeed,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">and you will refute any&#160;accusation&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:17 </span><span class="ft">Lit </span><span class="fqa">refute every tongue</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">raised against&#160;you in&#160;court.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">This is the heritage of&#160;the&#160; </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s&#160;servants,&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:17 </span><span class="ft">Is 41:8&#8211;9; Lk 1:54</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">and their vindication is from&#160;me.&#8221;&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">54:17 </span><span class="ft">Is 45:24; 46:13</span></span></span></span></div><div class="qm"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">This&#160;is the&#160; </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s&#160;declaration.</span></span></div>
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“Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth;
burst into song and shout,
you who have not been in labor! 
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than the children of the married woman,” 
says the LORD.
“Enlarge the site of your tent,
and let your tent curtains be stretched out; 
do not hold back;
lengthen your ropes,
and drive your pegs deep.
For you will spread out to the right and to the left, 
and your descendants will dispossess nations
and inhabit the desolate cities.

“Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; 
don’t be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced.
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
and you will no longer remember
the disgrace of your widowhood. 
Indeed, your husband is your Maker   —
his name is the LORD  of Armies —
and the Holy One of Israel  is your Redeemer; 
he is called the God of the whole earth.
For the LORD has called you,
like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, 
a wife of one’s youth  when she is rejected,”
says your God.
“I deserted you for a brief moment, 
but I will take you back with abundant compassion.
In a surge of anger
I hid my face  from you for a moment,
but I will have compassion on you
with everlasting love,” 
says the LORD your Redeemer.
“For this is like the days  of Noah to me:
when I swore that the water of Noah
would never flood the earth again, 
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
or rebuke you. 
Though the mountains move
and the hills shake,
my love will not be removed from you
and my covenant of peace  will not be shaken,”
says your compassionate LORD.

“Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted,
I will set your stones in black mortar, 
and lay your foundations in lapis lazuli. 
I will make your fortifications  out of rubies,
your gates out of sparkling stones,
and all your walls out of precious stones.
Then all your children will be taught by the  LORD, 
their prosperity will be great,
and you will be established
on a foundation of righteousness.
You will be far from oppression,
you will certainly not be afraid;
you will be far from terror,
it will certainly not come near you.
If anyone attacks you,
it is not from me;
whoever attacks you
will fall before you.
Look, I have created the craftsman
who blows on the charcoal fire
and produces a weapon suitable for its task;
and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.
No weapon formed against you will succeed,
and you will refute any accusation 
raised against you in court.
This is the heritage of the  LORD’s servants, 
and their vindication is from me.” 
This is the  LORD’s declaration.

Sikiliza Isaiah 54