WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:01.720 Chapter 54. 00:02.620 --> 00:05.660 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear. 00:06.260 --> 00:10.920 Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not prevail with child. 00:11.540 --> 00:15.620 For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, 00:16.540 --> 00:17.280 saith the Lord. 00:18.640 --> 00:22.240 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of 00:22.240 --> 00:23.160 thine habitations. 00:23.640 --> 00:27.180 Spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. 00:27.180 --> 00:30.880 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand, and on the left. 00:31.240 --> 00:35.240 And thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be 00:35.240 --> 00:35.640 inhabited. 00:37.060 --> 00:39.620 Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed. 00:40.300 --> 00:43.960 Neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame. 00:44.600 --> 00:49.260 For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach 00:49.260 --> 00:50.780 of thy widowhood any more. 00:51.220 --> 00:55.600 For thy maker is thine husband, the Lord of hosts is his name. 00:55.600 --> 00:57.980 And thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 00:58.980 --> 01:01.340 The God of the whole earth shall he be called. 01:02.000 --> 01:05.880 For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken, and grieved in spirit, 01:06.520 --> 01:10.820 and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. 01:11.600 --> 01:16.360 For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. 01:17.180 --> 01:21.780 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting 01:21.780 --> 01:24.440 kindness will I have mercy on thee. 01:25.320 --> 01:27.280 Saith the Lord thy Redeemer. 01:28.220 --> 01:30.820 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me. 01:31.340 --> 01:34.960 For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, 01:35.480 --> 01:39.300 so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 01:39.920 --> 01:43.020 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed. 01:43.620 --> 01:48.300 But my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my 01:48.300 --> 01:49.300 peace be removed. 01:50.140 --> 01:52.360 Saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. 01:53.700 --> 02:00.280 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy 02:00.280 --> 02:05.160 stones with fair colors, lay thy foundations with sapphires, and I will 02:05.160 --> 02:10.260 make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of 02:10.260 --> 02:11.080 pleasant stones. 02:11.820 --> 02:16.080 And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of 02:16.080 --> 02:16.660 thy children. 02:17.500 --> 02:21.480 In righteousness shalt thou be established, thou shalt be far from 02:21.480 --> 02:27.080 oppression, for thou shalt not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come 02:27.080 --> 02:27.580 near thee. 02:28.260 --> 02:32.120 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me. 02:32.860 --> 02:36.700 Whosoever shall gather together against thee, shall fall for thy sake. 02:37.240 --> 02:40.620 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, 02:41.040 --> 02:45.240 and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work, and I have created the waster to 02:45.240 --> 02:45.780 destroy. 02:46.600 --> 02:51.100 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall 02:51.100 --> 02:54.240 rise against thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. 02:55.240 --> 02:59.440 This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of 02:59.440 --> 03:01.120 me, saith the Lord.