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Isaiah 54:3

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.

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

4 Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

5 For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
KJV
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.
WEB
For you will spread out on the right hand and on the left; and your offspring will possess the nations and settle in desolate cities.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
For to the right and to the left you will break through, and your seed will inherit the nations, and will settle the cities left desolate.
ÅB
For du skal brede deg ut både til høyre og til venstre, og din slekt skal ta hedningefolk i eie og bygge opp igjen ødelagte byer.
OTB
For du skal bre deg ut til høyre og til venstre; dine etterkommere skal ta nasjoner i eie og bo i de øde byene.
B1930
For du skal brede dig ut både til høire og til venstre, og din ætt skal ta hedningefolk i eie og bygge op igjen ødelagte byer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 43:5–6

    Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.

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  • Genesis 28:14

    Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

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  • Isaiah 60:3–13

    Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

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  • Isaiah 49:18–19

    Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.

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  • Ezekiel 36:35–36

    Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’

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  • Psalms 72:8–11

    May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

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  • Isaiah 52:9

    Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

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  • Isaiah 42:1–12

    “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.

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