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For you will spread out to the right hand and to the left,
    and your descendants[a] will possess[b] the nations
        and will populate the deserted towns.

“Don’t be afraid,
    because you won’t be ashamed;
don’t fear shame,
    for you won’t be humiliated—
because you will forget the disgrace of your youth,
    and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
For your Maker is your husband;
    the Lord of the Heavenly Armies is his name,
and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
    he is called the God of the whole earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:3 Lit. seed
  2. Isaiah 54:3 1QIsaa is pl.; MT is sing.

For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
    your descendants(A) will dispossess nations(B)
    and settle in their desolate(C) cities.

“Do not be afraid;(D) you will not be put to shame.(E)
    Do not fear disgrace;(F) you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth(G)
    and remember no more the reproach(H) of your widowhood.(I)
For your Maker(J) is your husband(K)
    the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One(L) of Israel is your Redeemer;(M)
    he is called the God of all the earth.(N)

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