1 “Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth!Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor!For the children of the desolate one are more numerousthan the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.
2 Make your tent larger,stretch your tent curtains farther out!Spare no effort,lengthen your ropes,and pound your stakes deep.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;your children will conquer nationsand will resettle desolate cities.
4 Don’t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame!Don’t be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated!You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth;you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.
5 For your husband is the one who made you – the Lord who commands armies is his name.He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel.He is called “God of the entire earth.”
6 “Indeed, the Lord will call you backlike a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression,like a young wife when she has been rejected,” says your God.