"Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
For your Maker is your husband- the LORD Almighty is his name- the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the GOD of all the earth.
The Lord will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit- a wife who married young, only to rejected,; says your God. "For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with the deep compassion I will bring you back. In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you," says the LORD your REDEEMER.
"To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cober the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never rebuke you again. Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed." says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will build you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with sapphires. I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones. All your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be your children's peace. In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far frome you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you. If anyone does attack you , it will not be my doing; whoever attacks you will surrender to you. See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to work havoc; NO WEAPON FORGED AGAINST YOU WILL PREVAIL, AND YOU WILL REFUTE EVERY TONGUE THAT ACCUSES. THIS IS THE HERITAGE OF THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD, AND THIS IS THEIR VINDICATION FROM ME. declairs the LORD....
Isaiah 54:1-17 |
