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"^(C1)Shout for joy, infertile one, you who have not given birth to any child; Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor; For the sons of the ^(C2)desolate one will be ^(C3)more numerous Than the sons of the married woman," says the LORD.

"^(C1)Enlarge the place of your tent; ^(F1)Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not spare them; Lengthen your ^(C2)ropes And strengthen your ^(C2)pegs.

-"For you will ^(C1)spread out to the right and to the left. And your ^(F1)descendants will ^(C2)possess nations And will ^(C3)resettle the desolate cities.

"Fear not, for you will ^(C1)not be put to shame; And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced; But you will forget the ^(C2)shame of your youth, And no longer remember the ^(C3)disgrace of your widowhood.

-"For your ^(C1)husband is your Maker, Whose name is the LORD of armies; And your ^(C2)Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the ^(C3)God of all the earth.

-"For the LORD has called you, Like a wife ^(C1)forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of one's youth when she is rejected," Says your God.

"^(F1)For a ^(C1)brief moment I abandoned you, But with great compassion I will ^(C2)gather you.

-"In an ^(F1)(C1)outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, But with everlasting ^(C2)favor I will ^(C3)have compassion on you," Says the LORD your ^(C4)Redeemer.

"For ^(F1)this is like the days of Noah to Me, When I swore that the waters of Noah Would ^(C1)not ^(F2)flood the earth again; So I have sworn that I will ^(C2)not be angry with you Nor rebuke you.

-"For the ^(C1)mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My ^(F1)favor will not be removed from you, Nor will My ^(C2)covenant of peace be shaken," Says ^(C3)the LORD who has compassion on you.

"^(C1)Afflicted one, storm-tossed, and ^(C2)not comforted, Behold, I will set your stones in antimony, And I will ^(C3)lay your foundations with ^(F1)(C4)sapphires.

-"Moreover, I will make your battlements of ^(F1)rubies, And your gates of ^(F2)crystal, And your entire ^(F3)wall of precious stones.

-"^(C1)All your sons will be ^(F1)taught by the LORD; And the well-being of your sons will be ^(C2)great.

-"In ^(C1)righteousness you will be established; You will be far from ^(C2)oppression, for you will ^(C3)not fear; And from ^(C4)terror, for it will not come near you.

-"If anyone fiercely attacks you, it will not be from Me. ^(C1)Whoever attacks you will fall because of you.

-"Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals And produces a weapon for its work; And I have created the destroyer to inflict ruin.

-"^(C1)No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; And you will condemn ^(C2)every tongue that ^(F1)accuses you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their ^(C3)vindication is from Me," declares the LORD.