Isaiah 54
The LORD's Everlasting Love for Israel |
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Sing, O barren, thou that didst
not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of
the desolate than the children of the married wife, Gal. 4.27 saith the LORD.
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Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let
them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not,
lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
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for thou shalt break forth on the right
hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and
make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
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Fear not; for thou shalt not be
ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to
shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not
remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
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For thy Maker is thine husband;
The LORD of hosts is his name; and thy
Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he
be called.
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For the LORD hath
called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of
youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
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For a small moment have I forsaken thee;
but with great mercies will I gather thee.
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In a little wrath I hid my face from thee
for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on
thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
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For this is as the waters of
Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah
should no more go over the earth; Gen. 9.8-17 so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor
rebuke thee.
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For the mountains shall depart, and the
hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee,
neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
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O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair
colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
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And I will make thy windows of agates,
and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. Rev. 21.18-21
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And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; Joh. 6.45 and great shall be the peace of thy
children.
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In righteousness shalt thou be
established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not
fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
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Behold, they shall surely gather
together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together
against thee shall fall for thy sake.
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Behold, I have created the smith that
bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument
for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
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No weapon that is formed against thee
shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee
in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the
servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
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