A Perpetual Covenant of Peace
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.
And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings;
Do not spare;
Lengthen your cords,
And strengthen your stakes.
And your descendants will ainherit the nations,
And make the desolate cities inhabited.
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.
The Lord of hosts is His name;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel;
He is called bthe God of the whole earth.
Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Like a youthful wife when you were refused,”
Says your God.
aBut with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,”
Says the Lord, your Redeemer.
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 byou, nor rebuke you.
And the hills be removed,
bBut My kindness shall not depart from you,
Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,”
Says the Lord, who has mercy on you.
Tossed with tempest, and not comforted,
Behold, I will lay your stones with acolorful gems,
And lay your foundations with sapphires.
Your gates of crystal,
And all your walls of precious stones.
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American Standard Version
For thou shalt spread aboard on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Amplified® Bible
For you will spread abroad to the right hand and to the left; and your offspring will possess the nations and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Contemporary English Version
You and your descendants will take over the land of other nations. You will settle in towns that are now in ruins.
Darby English Version
For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess nations, and they shall make desolate cities to be inhabited.
Good News Bible
You will extend your boundaries on all sides; your people will get back the land that the other nations now occupy. Cities now deserted will be filled with people.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
"For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left. And your descendants will possess nations And will resettle the desolate cities.
New International Version
For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your descendants will dispossess nations
and settle in their desolate cities.
New King James Version
For you shall expand to the right and to the left,
And your descendants will inherit the nations,
And make the desolate cities inhabited.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left And your descendants will possess nations And will resettle the desolate cities.
Revised Standard Version
For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, and your descendants will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities.
Young's Literal Translation
For right and left thou breakest forth, And thy seed doth nations possess,
New English Translation
For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your children will conquer1 nations and will resettle desolate cities.
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