1 "Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband," says the LORD.2 "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.4 "Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.5 For your Maker is your husband — the LORD Almighty is his name — the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.6 The LORD will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit — a wife who married young, only to be rejected," says your God.7 "For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.8 In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you," says the LORD your Redeemer.9 "To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again.10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you.11 "Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise, "your foundations with lapis lazuli.12 I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.13 All your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their peace.14 In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you.15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing; whoever attacks you will surrender to you.16 "See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;17 no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me," declares the LORD.

1 [Lauda, sterilis, qu non paris ;decanta laudem, et hinni, qu non pariebas :quoniam multi filii desertmagis quam ejus qu habet virum, dicit Dominus.2 Dilata locum tentorii tui,et pelles tabernaculorum tuorum extende :ne parcas :longos fac funiculos tuos,et clavos tuos consolida.3 Ad dexteram enim et ad lvam penetrabis,et semen tuum gentes hreditabit,et civitates desertas inhabitabit.4 Noli timere, quia non confunderis,neque erubesces ; non enim te pudebit,quia confusionis adolescenti tu oblivisceris,et opprobrii viduitatis tu non recordaberis amplius.5 Quia dominabitur tui qui fecit te,Dominus exercituum nomen ejus,et redemptor tuus, Sanctus Isral :Deus omnis terr vocabitur.6 Quia et mulierem derelictam et mrentem spirituvocavit te Dominus,et uxorem ab adolescentia abjectam,dixit Deus tuus.7 Ad punctum in modico dereliqui te,et in miserationibus magnis congregabo te.8 In momento indignationis abscondifaciem meam parumper a te ;et in misericordia sempiterna misertus sum tui,dixit redemptor tuus, Dominus.9 Sicut in diebus No istud mihi est,cui juravi ne inducerem aquas No ultra super terram ;sic juravi ut non irascar tibi,et non increpem te.10 Montes enim commovebuntur,et colles contremiscent ;misericordia autem mea non recedet a te,et fdus pacis me non movebitur,dixit miserator tuus Dominus.11 Paupercula, tempestate convulsa absque ulla consolatione,ecce ego sternam per ordinem lapides tuos,et fundabo te in sapphiris :12 et ponam jaspidem propugnacula tua,et portas tuas in lapides sculptos,et omnes terminos tuos in lapides desiderabiles ;13 universos filios tuos doctos a Domino,et multitudinem pacis filiis tuis.14 Et in justitia fundaberis :recede procul a calumnia, quia non timebis,et a pavore, quia non appropinquabit tibi.15 Ecce accola veniet qui non erat mecum,advena quondam tuus adjungetur tibi.16 Ecce ego creavi fabrumsufflantem in igne prunas,et proferentem vas in opus suum ;et ego creavi interfectorem ad disperdendum.17 Omne vas quod fictum est contra te, non dirigetur,et omnem linguam resistentem tibi in judicio, judicabis.Hc est hreditas servorum Domini,et justitia eorum apud me, dicit Dominus.]