b.
His being the covenant for Israel's security
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Isa. 54
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54:1
aGive a ringing shout, O barren one, you who have not borne;
Break forth into joyful shouting and cry out, you who have not been in labor;
For
bmore numerous are the children of the desolate one
Than the children of the married woman, says Jehovah.
Isa. 54
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54:2
Enlarge your tent site,
Let them stretch out the curtains of your habitations;
Spare not;
Lengthen your cords,
And strengthen your pegs;
Isa. 54
:3
54:3
For on the right and on the left you will break open,
And your
aseed will possess the nations
And will cause the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Isa. 54
:4
54:4
Fear not, for you will not be put to shame;
Neither be humiliated, for you will not be ashamed;
But you will forget the shame of your youth,
And the
areproach of your widowhood you will no longer remember.
Isa. 54
:5
54:5
For your
aMaker is your
1bHusband;
Jehovah of hosts is His name.
And the Holy One of Israel is your
cRedeemer;
He is called the
dGod of all the earth.
Isa. 54
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54:6
For Jehovah has called you,
Like a wife who has been forsaken and is grieved in spirit,
Even like a wife of
one’s youth when she has been rejected,
Says your God.
Isa. 54
:7
54:7
For a short moment I forsook you,
But with great compassion I will
agather you.
Isa. 54
:8
54:8
In a flood of wrath I hid
My face from you for a moment,
But with eternal lovingkindness I will have mercy on you,
Says Jehovah your
aRedeemer.
Isa. 54
:9
54:9
For this is
like the waters of
aNoah to Me,
When I swore that the waters of Noah
Would not overflow the earth ever again;
So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you,
Nor will I rebuke you.
Isa. 54
:10
54:10
For the mountains may
adepart,
And the hills may shake,
But My
blovingkindness will not depart from you,
And My
1covenant of peace will not shake,
Says Jehovah who has compassion on you.
Isa. 54
:11
54:11
O afflicted one, storm-tossed
and not comforted,
Indeed, I Myself will lay down your stones in dark mortar,
And will lay your foundations with
asapphires.
Isa. 54
:12
54:12
And I will make your battlements of rubies,
And your gates of carbuncles,
And all your borders will be precious stones.
Isa. 54
:13
54:13
And all your children will be
ataught of Jehovah,
And the peace of your children will be great.
Isa. 54
:14
54:14
In righteousness you will be established;
You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear,
And far from terror, for it will not come near you.
Isa. 54
:15
54:15
Indeed, they may fiercely attack you, but it is not of Me;
Whoever attacks you will fall because of you.
Isa. 54
:16
54:16
Indeed, it is I who have created the blacksmith
Who blows the fire of the coals,
And brings out a weapon for its work;
And it is I who have created the destroyer to ruin.
Isa. 54
:17
54:17
1No weapon that is formed against you will prosper,
And every tongue that rises up to judge you, you will condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah,
And their righteousness which is of Me, declares Jehovah.
