Isaiah 54:1-3

The Lord takes care of his people

1 ‘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.’

54:1God 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.

That is what the Lord says.

2 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!

3 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.