CAB(i)
1 Rejoice, you barren that bear not; break forth and cry, you that does not travail; for more are the children of the desolate than of her that has a husband; for the Lord has said,
2 Enlarge the place of your tent, and of your curtains; fix the pins, spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your pins;
3 spread forth your tent yet to the right and the left; for your seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and you shall make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4 Fear not, because you have been put to shame, neither be confounded, because you were reproached; for you shall forget your former shame, and shall no more at all remember the reproach of your widowhood.
5 For it is the Lord that made you; the Lord of hosts is His name; and He that delivered you, He is the God of Israel, and shall be called so by the whole earth.
6 The Lord has not called you as a deserted and faint-hearted woman, nor as a woman hated from her youth, says your God.
7 For a little while I left you; but with great mercy will I have compassion upon you.
8 In a little wrath I turned away My face from you; but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon you, says the Lord that delivers you.
9 From the time of the water of Noah this is My purpose; as I swore to him at that time, saying of the earth, I will no more be angry with you, neither when you are threatened,
10 shall the mountains depart, nor shall your hills be removed; so neither shall My mercy fail you, nor shall the covenant of your peace be at all removed; for the Lord who is gracious to you has spoken it.
11 Afflicted and outcast, you have not been comforted; behold, I will prepare carbuncle for your stones, and sapphire for your foundations;
12 and I will make your buttresses jasper, and your gates crystal, and your border precious stones.
13 And I will cause all your sons to be taught of God, and your children to be in great peace.
14 And you shall be built in righteousness; abstain from injustice, and you shall not fear; and trembling shall not come near to you.