1 ¶ Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. See also: Galatians 4:27 Isaiah 62:4 1 Samuel 2:5 Psalms 113:9 Zechariah 9:9
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; See also: Isaiah 33:20 Isaiah 49:19-20 Jeremiah 10:20 Exodus 39:40 Exodus 35:18
3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. See also: Genesis 28:14 Psalms 72:8-11 Isaiah 43:5-6 Isaiah 49:18-19 Isaiah 60:3-13
4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. See also: Isaiah 41:10 1 Peter 2:6 Jeremiah 31:19 Isaiah 61:7 Isaiah 45:16-17
5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. See also: Hosea 2:19-20 Ephesians 5:25-27 2 Corinthians 11:2-3 Isaiah 48:17 Ezekiel 16:8
6 ¶ For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. See also: Isaiah 62:4 Proverbs 5:18 Ecclesiastes 9:9 Hosea 2:1-2 Hosea 2:14-15
7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. See also: Psalms 30:5 Isaiah 26:20 Micah 4:6 2 Peter 3:8 Deuteronomy 30:3
8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. See also: Jeremiah 31:3 Isaiah 60:10 1 Timothy 1:16 Ezekiel 39:23-24 Isaiah 54:10
9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. See also: Isaiah 12:1 Genesis 8:21 Genesis 9:11-16 Hebrews 6:16-18 Psalms 104:9
10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. See also: Psalms 89:33-34 Psalms 46:2 Ephesians 2:4-5 Matthew 24:35 Romans 11:29
11 ¶ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. See also: 1 Peter 2:4-6 Jeremiah 30:17 Acts 14:22 Isaiah 54:6 1 Chronicles 29:2
12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. See also: John 6:45 Philippians 4:7 Psalms 119:165 Jeremiah 31:34 Hebrews 8:10
14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. See also: Proverbs 3:25-26 Jeremiah 30:10 Zechariah 9:8 Ezekiel 36:27-28 Zechariah 2:4-5
15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. See also: Isaiah 41:11-16 Psalms 37:12-13 Zechariah 12:9 Zechariah 2:8 Isaiah 43:3-4
16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. See also: Exodus 9:16 Proverbs 16:4 Isaiah 46:11 Isaiah 10:5-6 Isaiah 10:15
17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. See also: Romans 8:28-39 Isaiah 54:15 John 10:28-30 Isaiah 50:8 Romans 8:1