54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth!
Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor!
For the children of the desolate one are more numerous
than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.
54:2 Make your tent larger,
stretch your tent curtains farther out! 1
Spare no effort,
lengthen your ropes,
and pound your stakes deep. 2
54:3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your children will conquer 3 nations
and will resettle desolate cities.
54:5 For your husband is the one who made you –
the Lord who commands armies is his name.
He is your protector, 4 the Holy One of Israel. 5
He is called “God of the entire earth.”
1 tn Heb “the curtains of our dwelling places let them stretch out.”
2 tn Heb “your stakes strengthen.”
3 tn Or “take possession of”; NAB “shall dispossess.”
4 tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
5 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.