1 “Sing, O childless woman,you who have never given birth!Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem,you who have never been in labor.For the desolate woman now has more childrenthan the woman who lives with her husband,”says the lord.
2 “Enlarge your house; build an addition.Spread out your home, and spare no expense!
3 For you will soon be bursting at the seams.Your descendants will occupy other nationsand resettle the ruined cities.
4 “Fear not; you will no longer live in shame.Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you.You will no longer remember the shame of your youthand the sorrows of widowhood.
5 For your Creator will be your husband;the lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name!He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,the God of all the earth.
6 For the lord has called you back from your grief—as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,”says your God.