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The Lord takes care of his people

54 ‘Sing with joy,
    you woman who could not give birth to any children.
You have never known the pain of a child's birth,
    but now shout loudly with joy.
Be happy, because the woman who is alone
    will have many children.
She will have more children than the woman who has a husband.’[a]
That is what the Lord says.
Make your tent bigger!
    You need more room to live in.
Yes, do it!
    Make the tent's ropes longer!
    Make the pegs that hold it stronger!
The borders of your land will be wider in all directions.
Your descendants will take land from other nations.
    They will live in the cities that had become empty.

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Footnotes

  1. 54:1 God is speaking to Zion as if the city is a woman. God is telling his people that they will have a reason to be happy, because he will bless them.