The Future Glory of Zion
1“Sing, barren woman,
you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,
you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
than of her who has a husband,”
says the Lord.
2“Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
strengthen your stakes.
3For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your descendants will dispossess nations
and settle in their desolate cities.
4“Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5For your Maker is your husband—
the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.
6The Lord will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected,” says your God.
7“For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
8In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.
9“To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.
10Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
11“Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,
I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,54:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
your foundations with lapis lazuli.
12I will make your battlements of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
13All your children will be taught by the Lord,
and great will be their peace.
14In righteousness you will be established:
Tyranny will be far from you;
you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed;
it will not come near you.
15If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
whoever attacks you will surrender to you.
16“See, it is I who created the blacksmith
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;
17no weapon forged against you will prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and this is their vindication from me,”
declares the Lord.
主愛不移
1耶和華說：「不生育、未生養的婦人啊，要歡唱；
未曾生產的女子啊，
要高歌、歡呼；
因為沒有丈夫的比有丈夫的兒女更多。
2要擴大你的帳篷，
儘量拉寬帳篷的幔子，
放長繩子，釘牢橛子。
3因為你要向左右擴展，
你的後裔要統治列國，
使荒涼的城邑重新有人居住。
4「不要懼怕，因為你不會再受羞辱；
不要怕，因為你不會再受凌辱。
你必忘記年輕時的羞辱，
不再想起寡居時的恥辱。
5因為造你的是你的丈夫，
祂名叫萬軍之耶和華；
救贖你的是以色列的聖者，
祂是普天下的上帝。
6耶和華要召你回來，
如同召一個遭遺棄、
心中憂傷的年輕妻子。
這是你的上帝說的。
7我丟棄了你片刻，
但我要懷著極大的憐憫接你回來。
8我盛怒之下暫時掩面不理你，
但我要以永遠不變的慈愛憐憫你。
這是你的救贖主耶和華說的。
9「這就像挪亞的時代，
我怎樣起誓不讓挪亞時代的洪水再淹沒大地，
我也照樣起誓不再向你發怒，
也不再斥責你。
10大山可以挪開，
小山可以遷移，
但我的慈愛必不離開你，
我平安的約也不會更改。
這是憐憫你的耶和華說的。
11「困苦不堪、飽經風雨、
得不著安慰的城啊，
我要以彩石作你的地基，
用藍寶石來建造你，
12用紅寶石建你的城樓、
水晶造你的城門、
寶石建你的城牆。
13你的兒女都必受耶和華的訓誨，
安享太平。
14你必因公義而堅立，
再不會受欺壓，
也不會擔驚受怕，
因為恐懼不會臨近你。
15倘若有人來攻打你，
那必不是我的旨意。
攻打你的必然失敗。
16看啊，是我造了煽旺炭火、
鑄造合用兵器的鐵匠，
是我造了毀滅者。
17為攻擊你而造的兵器必不能奏效，
你必駁倒控告你的人。
這是耶和華眾僕人的產業，
是我給他們的勝利54·17 「勝利」或譯「公義」。。
這是耶和華說的。」
