The Fertility of Zion 1Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child; Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed; For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous Than the sons of the married woman, says the LORD.
2Enlarge the place of your tent;
3For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left.
4Fear not, for you will not be put to shame;
5For your husband is your Maker,
6For the LORD has called you,
7For a brief moment I forsook you,
8In an outburst of anger
9For this is like the days of Noah to Me,
10For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,
11O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted,
12Moreover, I will make your battlements of rubies,
13All your sons will be taught of the LORD;
14In righteousness you will be established;
15If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me.
16Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals
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