1 Sing, O barren,you who did not bear a child.Break forth into singing and cry aloud,you who did not travail with child.For more are the children of the desolatethan 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;spare not,lengthen your cords,and strengthen your stakes.
3 For you shall spread out to the right hand and to the left,and your descendants shall inherit the nationsand make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4 Do not fear, for you shall not be ashamed nor be humiliated;for you shall not be put to shame,for you shall forget the shame of your youthand shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.