1Sing, 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, saith the Lord .[ † ]Galatians 4:27 2Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;[ † ]Isaiah 49:19-20 3for 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.[ † ]Isaiah 14:2Isaiah 49:22-23Isaiah 60:9
4Fear 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.[ † ]Isaiah 41:10 5For 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 3:14Hosea 2:19Zechariah 14:9Romans 3:29 6For 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.[ † ]Isaiah 62:4
7For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.[ † ]Psalms 30:5Isaiah 26:20Isaiah 60:102 Corinthians 4:17Isaiah 43:5Isaiah 56:8 8In 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.[ † ]Isaiah 55:3Jeremiah 31:3 9For 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; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.[ † ]Genesis 8:21Genesis 9:112 Peter 3:6-7Isaiah 12:1Ezekiel 39:29 10For 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.[ † ]Psalms 46:2Isaiah 51:6Matthew 5:182 Samuel 23:5Psalms 89:33-34Isaiah 55:3Isaiah 59:21Isaiah 61:8
11O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.[ † ]1 Chronicles 29:2Job 28:16Revelation 21:18-19 12And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. 13And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord ; and great shall be the peace of thy children.[ † ]Jeremiah 31:34John 6:451 Corinthians 2:101 Thessalonians 4:91 John 2:20Psalms 119:165 14In 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.
15Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.[ † ]Isaiah 41:11-16 16Behold, 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. 17No 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 .[ † ]Isaiah 17:12-14Isaiah 29:8Isaiah 45:24-25Isaiah 54:14