_The Glory of Jerusalem, the Church of the Servants of Jehovah._
1. Exult, O barren one, thou that didst not bear; break forth into
exulting, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child; for
there are more children of the solitary one than children of the
married wife, saith Jehovah. 2. Enlarge the space of thy tent, and
let them stretch out the curtains of thy habitations; forbid not!
lengthen thy cords, and fasten thy plugs. 3. For thou wilt break
forth on the right and on the left; and thy seed will take possession
of nations, and they will people desolate cities.
4. Fear not, for thou wilt not be put to shame; and bid defiance to
reproach, for thou wilt not blush: no, thou wilt not blush: no, thou
wilt forget the shame of thy youth, and wilt no more remember the
reproach of thy widowhood. 5. For thy husband is thy Creator; Jehovah
of hosts is His name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; God of
the whole earth is He called. 6. For Jehovah calleth thee as a wife
forsaken and burdened with sorrow, and as a wife of youth,[1] when
once she is despised, saith thy God.
7. For a small moment have I forsaken thee, and with great mercy will
I gather thee. 8. In an effusion of anger I hid my face from thee for
a moment, and with everlasting grace I have compassion upon thee,
saith Jehovah thy Redeemer. 9. For it is now as at the waters of
Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah should not overflow the
earth any more; so have I sworn not to be wroth with thee, and not to
threaten thee. 10. For the mountains may depart, and the hills may
shake; my grace will not depart from thee, and my covenant of peace
will not shake, saith Jehovah who hath compassion on thee. 11. O thou
afflicted, tossed with tempest, not comforted, behold I lay the stone
in stibium,[2] [_i.e.,_ antimony], and lay thy foundations with
sapphires; 12. and make thy minarets of ruby, and thy gates into
carbuncles, and all thy boundary into jewels.
13. And all thy children will be the learned of Jehovah; and great
the peace of thy children. 14. Through righteousness wilt thou be
fortified: be far from anxiety, for thou hast nothing to fear; and
from terror, for it will not come near thee. 15. Behold, men crowd
together in crowds; My will is not there. Who crowd together against
thee?--he shall fall by thee.
16.[3] Behold, I have created the smith who bloweth the coal-fire,
and brings to the light a weapon according to his trade; and I[4]
have created the destroyer to destroy. 17. Every weapon formed
against thee has no success, and every tongue that cometh before the
judgment with thee thou wilt condemn. This is the inheritance of the
servants of Jehovah; and their righteousness from Me, saith Jehovah.