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1. "Rejoice, barren one, who did not give birth; burst into song and shout, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the forsaken one will be more than the children of the married woman," says the LORD.
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1. Sing H7442 , O barren H6135 , thou that didst not H3808 bear H3205 ; break forth H6476 into singing H7440 , and cry aloud H6670 , thou that didst not H3808 travail with child H2342 : for H3588 more H7227 are the children H1121 of the desolate H8074 than the children H4480 H1121 of the married wife H1166 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 .
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2. "Enlarge the site of your tent, and let your tent curtains be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your ropes, and drive your pegs deep.
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2. Enlarge H7337 the place H4725 of thy tent H168 , and let them stretch forth H5186 the curtains H3407 of thine habitations H4908 : spare H2820 not H408 , lengthen H748 thy cords H4340 , and strengthen H2388 thy stakes H3489 ;
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3. For you will spread out to the right and to the left, and your descendants will dispossess nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
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3. For H3588 thou shalt break forth H6555 on the right hand H3225 and on the left H8040 ; and thy seed H2233 shall inherit H3423 the Gentiles H1471 , and make the desolate H8074 cities H5892 to be inhabited H3427 .
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4. "Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; don't be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced. For you will forget the shame of your youth, and you will no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.
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4. Fear H3372 not H408 ; for H3588 thou shalt not H3808 be ashamed H954 : neither H408 be thou confounded H3637 ; for H3588 thou shalt not H3808 be put to shame H2659 : for H3588 thou shalt forget H7911 the shame H1322 of thy youth H5934 , and shalt not H3808 remember H2142 the reproach H2781 of thy widowhood H491 any more H5750 .
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5. For your husband is your Maker-- His name is Yahweh of Hosts-- and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
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5. For H3588 thy Maker H6213 is thine husband H1166 ; the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name H8034 ; and thy Redeemer H1350 the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 ; The God H430 of the whole H3605 earth H776 shall he be called H7121 .
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6. For the LORD has called you, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, a wife of one's youth when she is rejected," says your God.
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6. For H3588 the LORD H3068 hath called H7121 thee as a woman H802 forsaken H5800 and grieved H6087 in spirit H7307 , and a wife H802 of youth H5271 , when H3588 thou wast refused H3988 , saith H559 thy God H430 .
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7. "I deserted you for a brief moment, but I will take you back with great compassion.
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7. For a small H6996 moment H7281 have I forsaken H5800 thee ; but with great H1419 mercies H7356 will I gather H6908 thee.
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8. In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but I will have compassion on you with everlasting love," says the LORD your Redeemer.
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8. In a little H8241 wrath H7110 I hid H5641 my face H6440 from H4480 thee for a moment H7281 ; but with everlasting H5769 kindness H2617 will I have mercy H7355 on thee, saith H559 the LORD H3068 thy Redeemer H1350 .
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9. "For this is like the days of Noah to Me: when I swore that the waters of Noah would never flood the earth again, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
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9. For H3588 this H2063 is as the waters H4325 of Noah H5146 unto me: for H834 as I have sworn H7650 that the waters H4325 of Noah H5146 should no more H5750 go H4480 H5674 over H5921 the earth H776 ; so H3651 have I sworn H7650 that I would not be wroth H4480 H7107 with H5921 thee , nor rebuke H4480 H1605 thee.
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10. Though the mountains move and the hills shake, My love will not be removed from you and My covenant of peace will not be shaken," says your compassionate LORD.
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10. For H3588 the mountains H2022 shall depart H4185 , and the hills H1389 be removed H4131 ; but my kindness H2617 shall not H3808 depart H4185 from H4480 H854 thee, neither H3808 shall the covenant H1285 of my peace H7965 be removed H4131 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 that hath mercy H7355 on thee.
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11. "Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted, I will set your stones in black mortar, and lay your foundations in sapphires.
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11. O thou afflicted H6041 , tossed with tempest H5590 , and not H3808 comforted H5162 , behold H2009 , I H595 will lay H7257 thy stones H68 with fair colors H6320 , and lay thy foundations H3245 with sapphires H5601 .
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12. I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling stones, and all your walls of precious stones.
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12. And I will make H7760 thy windows H8121 of agates H3539 , and thy gates H8179 of carbuncles H68 H688 , and all H3605 thy borders H1366 of pleasant H2656 stones H68 .
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13. Then all your children will be taught by the LORD, their prosperity will be great,
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13. And all H3605 thy children H1121 shall be taught H3928 of the LORD H3068 ; and great H7227 shall be the peace H7965 of thy children H1121 .
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14. and you will be established on a foundation of righteousness. You will be far from oppression, you will certainly not be afraid; you will be far from terror, it will certainly not come near you.
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14. In righteousness H6666 shalt thou be established H3559 : thou shalt be far H7368 from oppression H4480 H6233 ; for H3588 thou shalt not H3808 fear H3372 : and from terror H4480 H4288 ; for H3588 it shall not H3808 come near H7126 H413 thee.
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15. If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever attacks you will fall before you.
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15. Behold H2005 , they shall surely gather together H1481 H1481 , but not H657 by H4480 H854 me: whosoever H4310 shall gather together H1481 against H854 thee shall fall H5307 for H5921 thy sake.
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16. Look, I have created the craftsman who blows on the charcoal fire and produces a weapon suitable for its task; and I have created the destroyer to work havoc.
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16. Behold H2009 , I H595 have created H1254 the smith H2796 that bloweth H5301 the coals H6352 in the fire H784 , and that bringeth forth H3318 an instrument H3627 for his work H4639 ; and I H595 have created H1254 the waster H7843 to destroy H2254 .
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17. No weapon formed against you will succeed, and you will refute any accusation raised against you in court. This is the heritage of the LORD's servants, and their righteousness is from Me." This is the LORD's declaration.
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17. No H3808 H3605 weapon H3627 that is formed H3335 against H5921 thee shall prosper H6743 ; and every H3605 tongue H3956 that shall rise H6965 against H854 thee in judgment H4941 thou shalt condemn H7561 . This H2063 is the heritage H5159 of the servants H5650 of the LORD H3068 , and their righteousness H6666 is of H4480 H854 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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