Isaiah 54 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

A Perpetual Covenant of Peace

A Promise of Everlasting Kindness

Isa 54:1“Sing, O barren,
You who have not borne!
Break forth into singing, and cry aloud,
You who have not labored with child!
For more are the children of the desolate
Than the children of the married woman,” says the LORD.

Isa 54:2

Isa 54:2“Enlarge the place of your tent,
And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings;
Do not spare;
Lengthen your cords,
And strengthen your stakes.

Isa 54:3

Isa 54:3For you shall expand to the right and to the left,
And your descendants will inherit the nations,
And make the desolate cities inhabited.

Isa 54:4

Isa 54:4“Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame;
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.

Isa 54:5

Isa 54:5For your Maker is your husband,
The LORD of hosts is His name;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel;
He is called the God of the whole earth.

Isa 54:6

Isa 54:6For the LORD has called you
Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Like a youthful wife when you were refused,”
Says your God.

Isa 54:7

Isa 54:7“For a mere moment I have forsaken you,
But with great mercies I will gather you.

Isa 54:8

Isa 54:8With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment;
But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,”
Says the LORD, your Redeemer.

Isa 54:9

Isa 54:9“For this is like the waters of Noah to Me;
For as I have sworn
That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth,
So have I sworn
That I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.

Isa 54:10

Isa 54:10For the mountains shall depart
And the hills be removed,
But My kindness shall not depart from you,
Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,”
Says the LORD, who has mercy on you.

Isa 54:11

Isa 54:11“O you afflicted one,
Tossed with tempest, and not comforted,
Behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems,
And lay your foundations with sapphires.

Isa 54:12

Isa 54:12I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
Your gates of crystal,
And all your walls of precious stones.

Isa 54:13

Isa 54:13All your children shall be taught by the LORD,
And great shall be the peace of your children.

Isa 54:14

Isa 54:14In righteousness you shall be established;
You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
And from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Isa 54:15

Isa 54:15Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me.
Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.

Isa 54:16

Isa 54:16“Behold, I have created the blacksmith
Who blows the coals in the fire,
Who brings forth an instrument for his work;
And I have created the spoiler to destroy.

Isa 54:17

Isa 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD,
And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the LORD.

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