| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married,” says the LORD. | 1“Sing, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, you who have never been in labor. For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband,” says the LORD. |
| 2“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. | 2“Enlarge your house; build an addition. Spread out your home, and spare no expense! |
| 3For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, and your offspring will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities. | 3For you will soon be bursting at the seams. Your descendants will occupy other nations and resettle the ruined cities. |
| 4“Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. | 4“Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood. |
| 5For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called. | 5For your Creator will be your husband; the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name! He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth. |
| 6For the LORD has called you like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God. | 6For the LORD has called you back from your grief— as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,” says your God. |
| 7For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you. | 7“For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back. |
| 8In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD, your Redeemer. | 8In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while. But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD, your Redeemer. |
| 9“This is like the days of Noah to me: as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, and will not rebuke you. | 9“Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth, so now I swear that I will never again be angry and punish you. |
| 10For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you. | 10For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the LORD, who has mercy on you. |
| 11“O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires. | 11“O storm-battered city, troubled and desolate! I will rebuild you with precious jewels and make your foundations from lapis lazuli. |
| 12I will make your pinnacles of agate, your gates of carbuncles, and all your wall of precious stones. | 12I will make your towers of sparkling rubies, your gates of shining gems, and your walls of precious stones. |
| 13All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. | 13I will teach all your children, and they will enjoy great peace. |
| 14In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you. | 14You will be secure under a government that is just and fair. Your enemies will stay far away. You will live in peace, and terror will not come near. |
| 15If anyone stirs up strife, it is not from me; whoever stirs up strife with you shall fall because of you. | 15If any nation comes to fight you, it is not because I sent them. Whoever attacks you will go down in defeat. |
| 16Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals and produces a weapon for its purpose. I have also created the ravager to destroy; | 16“I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals beneath the forge and makes the weapons of destruction. And I have created the armies that destroy. |
| 17no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD.” | 17But in that coming day no weapon turned against you will succeed. You will silence every voice raised up to accuse you. These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD; their vindication will come from me. I, the LORD, have spoken! |
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