22:1 And then shall that which is written come to pass: Sing, 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.
22:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the
curtains of thy habitations; spare not, lengthen thy cords and
strengthen thy stakes;
22:3 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.
22:4 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 shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy
youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
22:5 For thy maker, thy 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.
22:6 For 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.
22:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies
will I gather thee.
22:8 In 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.
22:9 For this, 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.
22:10 For 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.
22:11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted! Behold,
I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with
sapphires.
22:12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of
carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
22:13 And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall
be the peace of thy children.
22:14 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.
22:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together against thee, not by
me; whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy
sake.
22:16 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 waster to destroy.
22:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every
tongue that shall revile 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.