1 ¡Canta, mujer estéril! ¡Prorrumpe en grande y jubiloso cántico, Jerusalén, porque la que había sido abandonada tiene más bendiciones que la que conservó su marido! 2 ¡Amplía tu casa, construye cuartos adicionales, ensancha tu morada 3 porque pronto no tendrás espacio! Tus descendientes poseerán las ciudades que habían quedado durante el exilio y gobernarán a las naciones que se apoderaron de su tierra. 4 No temas, ya no vivirás avergonzada. La vergüenza de tu juventud y el dolor de la viudez no se recordarán más, 5 porque tu Creador será el «esposo» tuyo. Señor Todopoderoso es su nombre; él es tu Redentor, el Santo de Israel, el Dios de toda la tierra. 6 Porque el Señor te ha llamado para que dejes tu dolor, joven esposa abandonada por tu marido. 7 Por un breve momento te abandoné, pero con mucha compasión te tomaré de nuevo. 8 En un momento de ira no quise saber nada de ti, pero con amor eterno nuevamente tendré compasión de ti, dice el Señor, tu Redentor. 9 Así como en días de Noé juré que jamás permitiría que la inundación de las aguas cubriera la tierra y destruyera su vida, juro ahora que jamás volveré a derramar mi ira sobre ti como lo hice durante el exilio. 10 Podrán los montes marcharse y desaparecer las colinas, pero la misericordia mía no te dejará. Jamás será quebrantada mi promesa de paz para ti, dice el Señor, quien tiene misericordia de ti. 11 ¡Oh afligido pueblo mío, atormentado y atribulado, volveré a construir para ti cimiento de zafiros, y de piedras preciosas haré los muros de tus casas! 12 De ágata resplandeciente construiré tus torres, y tus puertas y murallas serán de fulgurantes gemas. 13 Y yo seré el maestro de todos tus ciudadanos y grande será la prosperidad de ellos. 14 Serás regida por un gobierno justo y honrado. Tus enemigos se mantendrán a distancia, vivirás en paz, el terror no se acercará. 15 Si alguna nación acude a combatirte, no será enviada por mí como castigo; por lo tanto será derrotada, porque yo estoy de tu parte. 16 Yo he creado al herrero que desde abajo de la fragua da viento a los carbones y fabrica las armas destructivas. Yo he creado los ejércitos que destruyen. 17 Pero aquel día ninguna arma que se vuelva contra ti triunfará, y se te hará justicia contra toda calumnia que se esgrima en los tribunales. Esta es la herencia de los siervos del Señor, esta es la bendición que te he dado, dice el Señor.
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Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Galatians 4:27; Isaiah 62:4; 1 Samuel 2:5; Hebrews 11:11–12; Psalm 113:9
- 2 Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 49:19–20; Jeremiah 10:20; Exodus 39:40; Exodus 35:18
- 3 Isaiah 43:5–6; Genesis 28:14; Isaiah 60:3–13; Isaiah 49:18–19; Ezekiel 36:35–36
- 4 Isaiah 41:10; 1 Peter 2:6; Isaiah 61:7; Jeremiah 31:19; Isaiah 45:16–17
- 5 Ephesians 5:25–27; Hosea 2:19–20; 2 Corinthians 11:2–3; Isaiah 48:17; Ezekiel 16:8
- 6 Isaiah 62:4; Hosea 2:14–15; Proverbs 5:18; Hosea 2:1–2; Ecclesiastes 9:9
- 7 Psalm 30:5; 2 Peter 3:8; Micah 4:6; Isaiah 26:20; Deuteronomy 30:3
- 8 Jeremiah 31:3; Isaiah 60:10; 1 Timothy 1:16; Ezekiel 39:23–24; Isaiah 54:10
- 9 Isaiah 12:1; Genesis 8:21; Genesis 9:11–16; Hebrews 6:16–18; Isaiah 55:11
- 10 Psalm 89:33–34; Psalm 46:2; Ephesians 2:4–5; Matthew 24:35; Romans 11:29
- 11 1 Peter 2:4–6; Acts 14:22; Jeremiah 30:17; Isaiah 54:6; 1 Chronicles 29:2
- 13 John 6:45; Philippians 4:7; Psalm 119:165; Jeremiah 31:34; Hebrews 8:10
- 14 Proverbs 3:25–26; Jeremiah 30:10; Zechariah 9:8; Ezekiel 36:27–28; Zechariah 2:4–5
- 15 Isaiah 41:11–16; Psalm 37:12–13; Zechariah 12:9; Zechariah 2:8; Isaiah 43:3–4
- 16 Proverbs 16:4; Exodus 9:16; Isaiah 46:11; Isaiah 10:5–6; Isaiah 10:15
- 17 Romans 8:28–39; Isaiah 54:15; John 10:28–30; Isaiah 50:8; Romans 8:1
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… than from the Jews and Samaritans, we will produce: it ran thus: "Rejoice, O barren, thou that dost not bear; break forth and shout, thou that dost not travail, because many more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath an husband." For all the Gentiles were "desolate" of the true God, serving the works of their …
… and I will lay thy ramparts with jasper, and thy gates with crystal, and thy wall with choice stones: and all thy children shall be taught of God, and great shall be the peace of thy children; and in righteousness shalt thou be built up." And yet again does he say the same thing: "Behold, I make Jerusalem a rejoicing, …
He says, "Rejoice, O barren, thou that barest not; break forth and cry, thou that didst not travail with child: for many more are the children of the desolate than of her that has an husband." But these must suffice; and some things in them ought to be expounded; yet I think those parts sufficient which are so plain that …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… ye nations." For that God known in Judah, is King of all the earth: now by all He is acknowledged, for that is fulfilled which Isaiah saith, "He is thy God who hath delivered thee, the God of the whole earth shall He be called." "Sing ye praises with understanding." He teacheth us and warneth us to sing praises with …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… are by a hidden Bridegroom....The Prophet addeth, "Enlarge the place of Thy tabernacle, and Thy courts fix thou: there is no cause for thee to spare, extend further thy cords, and strong stakes set thou again and again on the right and on the left." Upon the right keep good men, on the left keep evil men, until there come …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)