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\c 54
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\q1
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\v 1 "Sing, you barren woman, you who have not given birth; break into joyful singing and cry aloud, you who have never been in birth labor.
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\q1 For the children of the desolate one are more than the children of the married woman," says Yahweh.
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\q1
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\v 2 Make your tent larger and spread your tent curtains farther out, unsparingly;
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\q1 lengthen your ropes and strengthen your stakes.
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\q1
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\v 3 For you will spread out to the right hand and to the left,
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\q1 and your descendants will conquer nations and resettle desolate cities.
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\s5
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\p
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\q1
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\v 4 Do not fear for you will not be ashamed, nor be discouraged for you will not be disgraced;
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\q1 you will forget the shame of your youth and the disgrace of your abandonment.
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\s5
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\v 5 For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of hosts is his name.
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\q1 The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of the whole earth.
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\v 6 For Yahweh has called you back as a wife abandoned and grieved in spirit,
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\q1 like a woman married young and rejected, says
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your God.
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\q1
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\v 7 "For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
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\v 8 In a flood of anger I hid my face from you momentarily;
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\q1 but with everlasting covenant faithfulness I will have mercy on you—
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\q1 says Yahweh, the one who rescues you.
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\v 9 For this is like the waters of Noah to me:
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\q1 as I swore that the waters of Noah would never again pass over the earth,
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\q1 so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
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\v 10 Though the mountains may fall and the hills be shaken,
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\q1 yet my covenant faithfulness will not turn away from you, nor will my covenant of peace be shaken—
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\q1 says Yahweh, who has mercy on you.
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\v 11 Afflicted one, storm-driven and uncomforted one,
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\q1 look, I will set your pavement in turquoise, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
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\v 12 I will make your pinnacles of rubies and your gates of sparkling stones,
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\q1 and your outer wall of beautiful stones.
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\v 13 And all your children will be taught by Yahweh;
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\q1 and the peace of your children will be great.
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\v 14 In righteousness I will reestablish you.
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\q1 You will no longer experience persecution, for you will not be afraid, and nothing frightening will come near you.
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\v 15 Look, if anyone stirs up trouble, it will not be from me; anyone who stirs up trouble with you will fall in defeat.
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\v 16 See, I have created the craftsman, who blows the burning coals
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\q1 and forges weapons as his work, and I have created the destroyer to destroy.
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\q1
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\v 17 No weapon that is formed against you will succeed;
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\q1 and you will condemn everyone who accuses you.
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\q1 This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their vindication from me—this Yahweh's declaration."
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