Isaiah 54:1

“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.

2 “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.

3 For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
KJV
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
WEB
“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.
ASV
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.
DARBY
Exult, thou barren, that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and shout for joy, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.
BLB
“Sing out, O barren woman, [who] has not given birth! Break forth in song and cry aloud, one not having travailed! Because more [are] the sons of the desolate woman than the sons of the married woman,” says YHWH.
ÅB
Rop med fryd, du ufruktbare, som ikke fødte! Bryt ut i fryderop og juble, du som ikke var i barnsnød! For den enslige kvinnes barn er flere enn hennes som har mann, sier Herren.
OTB
«Gled deg, du ufruktbare, du som ikke har født barn; bryt ut i sang og rop av glede, du som ikke har hatt fødselsveer; for den ensommes barn er flere enn hennes som har mann,» sier Herren.
B1930
Rop med fryd, du ufruktbare, som ikke fødte! Bryt ut i fryderop og juble, du som ikke var i barnsnød! For den enslige kvinnes barn er flere enn hennes som har mann, sier Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Galatians 4:27

    For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

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  • Isaiah 62:4

    No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:5

    The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

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  • Hebrews 11:11–12

    By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

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  • Psalms 113:9

    He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

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  • Zechariah 9:9

    Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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  • Isaiah 49:13

    Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

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  • Zephaniah 3:14

    Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!

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