1 Exult, thou barren, that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and shout for joy, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.
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.
3 For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess nations, and they shall make 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 shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
5 For thy Maker is thy husband: Jehovah of hosts is his name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
6 For Jehovah hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and as a wife of youth, that hath been refused, saith thy God.
7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8 In the outpouring of wrath have I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting loving-kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer.
9 For this is {as} the waters of Noah unto me, since I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth: so have I sworn that I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving-kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah, that hath mercy on thee.
11 {Thou} afflicted, tossed with tempest, not comforted! Behold, I will set thy stones in antimony, and lay thy foundations with sapphires;
12 and I will make thy battlements of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of precious stones.
13 And all thy children {shall be} taught of Jehovah, and great shall be the peace 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 gathereth together against thee shall fall because of thee.
16 Behold, it is I who have created the smith that bloweth in the fire of coal, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the destroyer to ravage.
17 No weapon that is prepared against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that riseth against thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah; and their righteousness is of me, saith Jehovah.
1 不能生育、没有生养过孩子的啊！ 你要欢呼。没有生产过的啊！ 你要发声欢呼， 高声呼喊。因为弃妇比有夫之妇有更多儿子。这是耶和华说的。
2 要扩张你帐幕的地方， 伸展你居所的幔子， 不要限制； 要拉长你的绳索， 坚固你的橛子。
3 因为你要向南向北扩展， 你的后裔必占有列国之地， 又使荒废了的城镇有人居住。
4 不要惧怕， 因为你必不致蒙羞； 也不要抱愧， 因为你必不致受辱， 你必忘记你幼年时的羞愧， 也不再记念你寡居时的耻辱。
5 因为造你的， 就是你的丈夫； 万军之耶和华是他的名； 救赎你的， 就是以色列的圣者； 他被称为全地的 神。
6 因为耶和华召唤你， 如同召唤被离弃、心灵忧伤的妻子， 就是幼年时所娶却被弃绝的妻子； 这是你的 神说的。
7 我只是暂时离弃你， 却以极大的怜悯把你招聚回来。
8 在怒气涨溢的时候， 我暂时向你掩面， 却要以永远的慈爱怜悯你； 这是耶和华你的救赎主说的。
9 这事对我就好像挪亚时代的洪水一般； 我怎样起誓不再使挪亚时代的洪水漫过大地， 我也照样起誓不向你发怒， 也不斥责你。
10 虽然大山可以挪开， 小山可以迁移， 但我的慈爱必不从你身上挪开， 我和平的约也必不迁移； 这是怜悯你的耶和华说的。
11 受困苦、被风飘荡、不得安慰的啊！ 你看， 我要用彩色的石头安置你的基石， 以蓝宝石奠定你的根基。
12 又用红宝石做你的城楼， 用红玉做你的城门， 用各种宝石做你四周的围墙。
13 你所有的儿女都必受耶和华的教导， 你的儿女必大享平安。
14 你必因公义得以坚立； 你必远离欺压， 你必无所惧怕； 你也必远离惊吓， 因为惊吓必不会临近你。
15 看哪！ 必有人起来攻击你， 但那不是出于我； 攻击你的， 必因你仆倒。
16 看哪！ 那吹炭火、打造出合用武器的铁匠， 是我创造的； 那残害人、行毁灭的， 也是我创造的。
17 为攻击你而制成的武器， 都没有效用； 在审判的时候兴起来与你争辩的舌头， 你都必定它为有罪。这是耶和华众仆人的产业， 他们的义是从我而得； 这是耶和华说的。