¶ Therefore be glad now, thou barren that bearest not. Rejoice, sing and be merry, thou that art not with child: For the desolate hath more children, then the married wife, sayeth the LORD.
Make thy tent wider, and spread out the hangings of thine habitation: spare not, lay forth thy coards, and make fast thy stakes:
for thou shalt break out on the right side and on the left, and thy seed shall have the Gentiles in possession, and dwell in the desolate cities.
Fear not, for thou shalt not be confounded: Be not ashamed, for thou shalt not come to confusion. Yea thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the dishonour of thy wedowhead.
For he that made thee, shall be thy LORD and husband (whose name is the LORD of Hosts) and thine avenger shall be even the holy one of Israel, the LORD of the whole world.
¶ For the LORD shall call thee, being as a desolate sorrowful woman, and as a young wife that hath broken her wedlock: sayeth thy God.
A little while have I forsaken thee, but with great mercifulness shall I take thee up unto me.
When I was angry, I hid my face from thee for a little season, but thorow everlasting goodness shall I pardon thee, sayeth the LORD thine avenger.
And this must be unto me as the water of Noe: for like as I have sworn that I will not bring the water of Noe any more upon the world: so have I sworn, that I will never be angry with thee, nor reprove thee:
The mountains shall remove, and the hills shall fall down: but my loving kindness shall not move, and the bond of my peace shall not fall down from thee, sayeth the LORD thy merciful lover.
¶ Behold thou poor, vexed, and despised: I will make thy walls of precious stones, and thy foundation of Sapphires,
thy windows of Crystal, thy gates of fine clear stone, and thy borders of pleasant stones.
Thy children shall all be taught of GOD, and I will give them plenteousness of peace.
In righteousness shalt thou be grounded, and be far from oppression: for the which thou needest not be afraid, neither for hinderance, for it shall not come nye thee.
Behold, the aleaunt that was far from thee, shall dwell with thee: and he that was sometime a stranger unto thee, shall be joined with thee:
Behold, I make the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and he maketh a weapon after his handy work. I make also the waster to destroy:
but all the weapons that are made against thee, shall not prosper. And as for all tongues, that shall resist thee in judgment, thou shalt overcome them, and condemn them. This is the heritage of the LORD's servants, and the righteousness that they shall have of me, sayeth the LORD.
Praise the Everlasting Lord for His Faithful Word.