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# Isaiah 54 (New King James Version)
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A Perpetual Covenant of Peace
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##### Chapter 54
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###### 1 "Sing, O barren,
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You _who_ have not borne!
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Break forth into singing, and cry aloud,
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You _who_ have not labored with child!
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For more _are_ the children of the desolate
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Than the children of the married woman," says the Lord.
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###### 2 "Enlarge the place of your tent,
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And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings;
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Do not spare;
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Lengthen your cords,
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And strengthen your stakes.
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###### 3 For you shall expand to the right and to the left,
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And your descendants will inherit the nations,
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And make the desolate cities inhabited.
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###### 4 "Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
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Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame;
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For you will forget the shame of your youth,
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And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
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###### 5 For your Maker _is_ your husband,
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The Lord of hosts _is_ His name;
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And your Redeemer _is_ the Holy One of Israel;
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He is called the God of the whole earth.
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###### 6 For the Lord has called you
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Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
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Like a youthful wife when you were refused,"
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Says your God.
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###### 7 "For a mere moment I have forsaken you,
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But with great mercies I will gather you.
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###### 8 With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment;
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But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,"
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Says the Lord, your Redeemer.
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###### 9 "For this _is_ like the waters of Noah to Me;
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For as I have sworn
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That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth,
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So have I sworn
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That I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
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###### 10 For the mountains shall depart
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And the hills be removed,
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But My kindness shall not depart from you,
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Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,"
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Says the Lord, who has mercy on you.
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###### 11 "O you afflicted one,
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Tossed with tempest, _and_ not comforted,
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Behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems,
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And lay your foundations with sapphires.
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###### 12 I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
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Your gates of crystal,
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And all your walls of precious stones.
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###### 13 All your children _shall be_ taught by the Lord,
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And great _shall be_ the peace of your children.
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###### 14 In righteousness you shall be established;
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You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
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And from terror, for it shall not come near you.
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###### 15 Indeed they shall surely assemble, _but_ not because of Me.
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Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.
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###### 16 "Behold, I have created the blacksmith
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Who blows the coals in the fire,
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Who brings forth an instrument for his work;
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And I have created the spoiler to destroy.
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###### 17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
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And every tongue _which_ rises against you in judgment
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You shall condemn.
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This _is_ the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
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And their righteousness _is_ from Me,"
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Says the Lord.
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