Ê-sai

1“Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth!Break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says the LORD.

2“Enlarge the place of your tent,and let them stretch out the curtains of your habitations; don’t spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.

3For you will spread out on the right hand and on the left;and your offspring will possess the nations and settle in desolate cities.

4“Don’t be afraid, for you will not be ashamed.Don’t be confounded, for you will not be disappointed.For you will forget the shame of your youth.You will remember the reproach of your widowhood no more.

5For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of Armies is his name.The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.

6For the LORD has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,even a wife of youth, when she is cast off,” says your God.

7“For a small moment I have forsaken you,but I will gather you with great mercies.

8In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment,but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.

9“For this is like the waters of Noah to me;for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah will no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.

10For the mountains may depart,and the hills be removed,but my loving kindness will not depart from you,and my covenant of peace will not be removed,” says the LORD who has mercy on you.

11“You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted,behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

12I will make your pinnacles of rubies,your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

13All your children will be taught by the LORD,and your children’s peace will be great.

14You will be established in righteousness.You will be far from oppression, for you will not be afraid, and far from terror, for it shall not come near you.

15Behold, they may gather together, but not by me.Whoever gathers together against you will fall because of you.

16“Behold, I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame,and forges a weapon for his work; and I have created the destroyer to destroy.

17No weapon that is formed against you will prevail;and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment.This is the heritage of the LORD’s servants,and their righteousness is of me,” says the LORD.

耶和华对以色列的爱

1你这不怀孕、不生养的要歌唱； 你这未曾经过产难的要发声歌唱，扬声欢呼； 因为没有丈夫的比有丈夫的儿女更多。 这是耶和华说的。

2要扩张你帐幕之地， 张大你居所的幔子，不要限止； 要放长你的绳子， 坚固你的橛子。

3因为你要向左向右开展； 你的后裔必得多国为业， 又使荒凉的城邑有人居住。

4不要惧怕，因你必不致蒙羞； 也不要抱愧，因你必不致受辱。 你必忘记幼年的羞愧， 不再记念你寡居的羞辱。

5因为造你的是你的丈夫； 万军之耶和华是他的名。 救赎你的是以色列的圣者； 他必称为全地之 神。

6耶和华召你， 如召被离弃心中忧伤的妻， 就是幼年所娶被弃的妻。 这是你 神所说的。

7我离弃你不过片时， 却要施大恩将你收回。

8我的怒气涨溢， 顷刻之间向你掩面， 却要以永远的慈爱怜恤你。 这是耶和华—你的救赎主说的。

9这事在我好像挪亚的洪水。 我怎样起誓不再使挪亚的洪水漫过遍地， 我也照样起誓不再向你发怒， 也不斥责你。

10大山可以挪开， 小山可以迁移； 但我的慈爱必不离开你； 我平安的约也不迁移。 这是怜恤你的耶和华说的。

耶路撒冷的将来

11你这受困苦、被风飘荡不得安慰的人哪， 我必以彩色安置你的石头， 以蓝宝石立定你的根基；

12又以红宝石造你的女墙， 以红玉造你的城门， 以宝石造你四围的边界。

13你的儿女都要受耶和华的教训； 你的儿女必大享平安。

14你必因公义得坚立， 必远离欺压，不致害怕； 你必远离惊吓，惊吓必不临近你。

15即或有人聚集，却不由于我； 凡聚集攻击你的，必因你仆倒。

16吹嘘炭火、打造合用器械的铁匠是我所造； 残害人、行毁灭的也是我所造。

17凡为攻击你造成的器械必不利用； 凡在审判时兴起用舌攻击你的， 你必定他为有罪。 这是耶和华仆人的产业， 是他们从我所得的义。 这是耶和华说的。