1 ^aSing, O ^bbarren, 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.

  2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy ^astakes;

  3 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.

  4 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 ^ashame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the ^breproach of thy widowhood any more.

  5 For thy Maker is thine ^ahusband; the ^bLord of hosts is his name; and thy ^cRedeemer the Holy One of Israel; The ^dGod of the whole earth shall he be called.

  6 For the Lord hath called thee as a ^awoman ^bforsaken and grieved in spirit, and a ^cwife of youth, ^dwhen thou wast refused, saith thy God.

  7 For a small ^amoment have I ^bforsaken thee; but with great mercies will I ^cgather thee.

 8 In a little ^awrath I ^bhid my ^cface from thee for a moment; but with everlasting ^dkindness will I have ^emercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.

 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the ^awaters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

  10 For the ^amountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the ^bcovenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

 11 ¶ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy ^astones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

  12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

  13 And all thy ^achildren shall be ^btaught of the Lord; and great shall be the ^cpeace of thy children.

  14 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.

  15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

  16 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 ^awaster to destroy.

  17   No ^aweapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every ^btongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the ^cservants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.