Isaiah 54:1-7

The Future Glory of Zion

1 “Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.
4 “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 For your Maker is your husband— the LORD Almighty is his name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.
6 The LORD will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit— a wife who married young, only to be rejected,” says your God.
7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.

Cross References 29

  • 1. S Genesis 30:1
  • 2. S Genesis 21:6; S Psalms 98:4
  • 3. Isaiah 66:7
  • 4. Isaiah 49:20
  • 5. S Isaiah 49:19
  • 6. S 1 Samuel 2:5; Galatians 4:27*
  • 7. S Genesis 26:22; Isaiah 26:15; Isaiah 49:19-20
  • 8. Exodus 35:18; Exodus 39:40
  • 9. S Genesis 13:14; S Isaiah 48:19
  • 10. S Job 12:23; S Isaiah 14:2; Isaiah 60:4-11
  • 11. S Isaiah 49:19
  • 12. Jeremiah 30:10; Joel 2:21
  • 13. S Isaiah 28:16; S Isaiah 29:22
  • 14. S Genesis 30:23; S Psalms 119:39; S Isaiah 41:11
  • 15. S Psalms 25:7; S Jeremiah 2:2; S Jeremiah 22:21
  • 16. S Isaiah 51:7
  • 17. S Isaiah 47:8
  • 18. S Psalms 95:6; S Psalms 149:2; S Isaiah 51:13
  • 19. S Song of Songs 3:11; Jeremiah 3:14; Jeremiah 31:32; Hosea 2:7,16
  • 20. S Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 49:7; Isaiah 55:5; Isaiah 60:9
  • 21. S Isaiah 48:17
  • 22. S Isaiah 6:3; S Isaiah 12:4
  • 23. Isaiah 49:14-21
  • 24. ver 6-7; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 50:1-2; Isaiah 60:15; Isaiah 62:4,12; Jeremiah 44:2; Hosea 1:10
  • 25. S Exodus 20:14; Malachi 2:15
  • 26. S Job 14:13; Isaiah 26:20
  • 27. S Psalms 71:11; S Isaiah 27:8
  • 28. S Psalms 51:1
  • 29. S Isaiah 49:18
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