Isaiah:54

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* * Enlarge the placed of thy tent , and of thy curtains : fix the pins , spare not , lengthen thy cords , and strengthen thy pins ; * spread forth thy tent yet to the right and the left : for thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles , and thou shalt make the desolate cities to be inhabited . * Fear not , because thou has been put to shame , neither be confounded , because thou was reproached : for thou shalt forget thy (note :)Gr . ancient , or , everlasting (:note ) former shame , and shalt no more at all remember the reproach of thy widowhood . * For it is the Lord that made thee ; the Lord of hosts is his name : and he that delivered thee , he is the God of Israel , and shall be called so by the whole earth . * The Lord has not called thee as a deserted and faint-hearted woman , nor as a woman hated from her youth , saith thy God . * For a little while I left thee : but with great mercy will I have compassion upon thee . * In a little wrath I turned away my face from thee ; but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon thee , saith the Lord that delivers thee . * From the time of the water of Noe this is my purpose : as I sware to him at that time , saying of the earth , I will no more be wroth with thee , neither when thou art threatened , * shall the mountains depart , nor shall thy hills be removed : so neither shall my mercy fail thee , nor shall the covenant of thy peace be at all removed : for (note :)Alex . kuriov for kurie adopted here ; Compare Mt strkjv @16:22 , with this passage (:note ) the Lord who is gracious to thee has spoken it . * Afflicted and outcast thou has not been comforted : behold , I will prepare carbuncle for thy stones , and sapphire for thy foundations ; * and I will make thy buttresses jasper , and thy gates crystal , and thy border precious stones . * * And thou shalt be built in righteousness : abstain from injustice , and thou shalt not fear ; and trembling shall not come nigh thee . * Behold , strangers shall come to thee by me , and shall sojourn with thee , and shall run to thee for refuge . * Behold , I have created thee , not as the coppersmith blowing coals , and bringing out a vessel fit for work ; but I have created thee , not for ruin , that I should destroy thee . * I will not suffer any (note :)Gr . instrument (:note ) weapon formed against thee to prosper ; and every voice that shall rise up against thee for judgement , thou shalt vanquish them all ; and thine adversaries shall be condemned thereby . There is an inheritance to them that serve the Lord , and ye shall be righteous before me , saith the Lord .

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