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1. The Lord says, "Sing, Jerusalem. You are like a woman who never gave birth to children. Start singing and shout for joy. You never felt the pain of giving birth, but you will have more children than the woman who has a husband.
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1. Sing H7442 , O barren H6135 , thou that didst not H3808 bear H3205 ; break forth H6476 into singing H7440 , and cry aloud H6670 , thou that didst not H3808 travail with child H2342 : for H3588 more H7227 are the children H1121 of the desolate H8074 than the children H4480 H1121 of the married wife H1166 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 .
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2. Make your tent bigger; stretch it out and make it wider. Do not hold back. Make the ropes longer and its stakes stronger,
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2. Enlarge H7337 the place H4725 of thy tent H168 , and let them stretch forth H5186 the curtains H3407 of thine habitations H4908 : spare H2820 not H408 , lengthen H748 thy cords H4340 , and strengthen H2388 thy stakes H3489 ;
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3. because you will spread out to the right and to the left. Your children will take over other nations, and they will again live in cities that once were destroyed.
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3. For H3588 thou shalt break forth H6555 on the right hand H3225 and on the left H8040 ; and thy seed H2233 shall inherit H3423 the Gentiles H1471 , and make the desolate H8074 cities H5892 to be inhabited H3427 .
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4. "Don't be afraid, because you will not be ashamed. Don't be embarrassed, because you will not be disgraced. You will forget the shame you felt earlier; you will not remember the shame you felt when you lost your husband.
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4. Fear H3372 not H408 ; for H3588 thou shalt not H3808 be ashamed H954 : neither H408 be thou confounded H3637 ; for H3588 thou shalt not H3808 be put to shame H2659 : for H3588 thou shalt forget H7911 the shame H1322 of thy youth H5934 , and shalt not H3808 remember H2142 the reproach H2781 of thy widowhood H491 any more H5750 .
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5. The God who made you is like your husband. His name is the Lord All-Powerful. The Holy One of Israel is the one who saves you. He is called the God of all the earth.
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5. For H3588 thy Maker H6213 is thine husband H1166 ; the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name H8034 ; and thy Redeemer H1350 the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 ; The God H430 of the whole H3605 earth H776 shall he be called H7121 .
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6. You were like a woman whose husband left her, and you were very sad. You were like a wife who married young and then her husband left her. But the Lord called you to be his," says your God.
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6. For H3588 the LORD H3068 hath called H7121 thee as a woman H802 forsaken H5800 and grieved H6087 in spirit H7307 , and a wife H802 of youth H5271 , when H3588 thou wast refused H3988 , saith H559 thy God H430 .
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7. God says, "I left you for a short time, but with great kindness I will bring you back again.
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7. For a small H6996 moment H7281 have I forsaken H5800 thee ; but with great H1419 mercies H7356 will I gather H6908 thee.
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8. I became very angry and hid from you for a time, but I will show you mercy with kindness forever," says the Lord who saves you.
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8. In a little H8241 wrath H7110 I hid H5641 my face H6440 from H4480 thee for a moment H7281 ; but with everlasting H5769 kindness H2617 will I have mercy H7355 on thee, saith H559 the LORD H3068 thy Redeemer H1350 .
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9. The Lord says, "This day is like the time of Noah to me. I promised then that I would never flood the world again. In the same way, I promise I will not be angry with you or punish you again.
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9. For H3588 this H2063 is as the waters H4325 of Noah H5146 unto me: for H834 as I have sworn H7650 that the waters H4325 of Noah H5146 should no more H5750 go H4480 H5674 over H5921 the earth H776 ; so H3651 have I sworn H7650 that I would not be wroth H4480 H7107 with H5921 thee , nor rebuke H4480 H1605 thee.
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10. The mountains may disappear, and the hills may come to an end, but my love will never disappear; my promise of peace will not come to an end," says the Lord who shows mercy to you.
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10. For H3588 the mountains H2022 shall depart H4185 , and the hills H1389 be removed H4131 ; but my kindness H2617 shall not H3808 depart H4185 from H4480 H854 thee, neither H3808 shall the covenant H1285 of my peace H7965 be removed H4131 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 that hath mercy H7355 on thee.
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11. "You poor city. Storms have hurt you, and you have not been comforted. But I will rebuild you with turquoise stones, and I will build your foundations with sapphires.
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11. O thou afflicted H6041 , tossed with tempest H5590 , and not H3808 comforted H5162 , behold H2009 , I H595 will lay H7257 thy stones H68 with fair colors H6320 , and lay thy foundations H3245 with sapphires H5601 .
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12. I will use rubies to build your walls and shining jewels for the gates and precious jewels for all your outer walls.
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12. And I will make H7760 thy windows H8121 of agates H3539 , and thy gates H8179 of carbuncles H68 H688 , and all H3605 thy borders H1366 of pleasant H2656 stones H68 .
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13. All your children will be taught by the Lord, and they will have much peace.
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13. And all H3605 thy children H1121 shall be taught H3928 of the LORD H3068 ; and great H7227 shall be the peace H7965 of thy children H1121 .
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14. I will build you using fairness. You will be safe from those who would hurt you, so you will have nothing to fear. Nothing will come to make you afraid.
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14. In righteousness H6666 shalt thou be established H3559 : thou shalt be far H7368 from oppression H4480 H6233 ; for H3588 thou shalt not H3808 fear H3372 : and from terror H4480 H4288 ; for H3588 it shall not H3808 come near H7126 H413 thee.
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15. I will not send anyone to attack you, and you will defeat those who do attack you.
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15. Behold H2005 , they shall surely gather together H1481 H1481 , but not H657 by H4480 H854 me: whosoever H4310 shall gather together H1481 against H854 thee shall fall H5307 for H5921 thy sake.
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16. "See, I made the blacksmith. He fans the fire to make it hotter, and he makes the kind of tool he wants. In the same way I have made the destroyer to destroy.
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16. Behold H2009 , I H595 have created H1254 the smith H2796 that bloweth H5301 the coals H6352 in the fire H784 , and that bringeth forth H3318 an instrument H3627 for his work H4639 ; and I H595 have created H1254 the waster H7843 to destroy H2254 .
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17. So no weapon that is used against you will defeat you. You will show that those who speak against you are wrong. These are the good things my servants receive. Their victory comes from me," says the Lord.
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17. No H3808 H3605 weapon H3627 that is formed H3335 against H5921 thee shall prosper H6743 ; and every H3605 tongue H3956 that shall rise H6965 against H854 thee in judgment H4941 thou shalt condemn H7561 . This H2063 is the heritage H5159 of the servants H5650 of the LORD H3068 , and their righteousness H6666 is of H4480 H854 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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