旧约 - 以赛亚书(Isaiah)第54章

"Sing, O barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband," says the LORD.
"Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.
For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.
"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 be rejected," says your God.
"For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with 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 cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to 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 from 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 you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me," declares the LORD.
以赛亚书第五十四章   赛 54:1> 没生过孩子的妇女,有什么特别之处吗? 

  54:1 不怀孕、没孩子,在当时是妇女的极大耻辱。家庭在相当程度上依靠孩子来生存,特别是当父母老迈的时候。以色列(锡安)不结果子,就像一位没孩子的妇女。但神将允许她有许多子女,并使她破涕为笑。 

  赛 54:6-8> 神为何要暂时离弃以色列? 

  54:6-8 神说祂要暂时离弃以色列,这样以色列就像一个年轻的妻子遭到了丈夫的拒绝。但神仍旧称以色列是自己的。我们所事奉的神是圣洁的,祂不能容忍罪恶。当祂的百姓大胆犯罪时,神在愤怒中惩罚了他们。罪把我们同神分开,并且给我们带来了痛苦和灾难。但如果我们认罪并悔改,神便赦免我们。你有没有经历过同所爱的人分别,并经历了与其重逢的快乐呢?这欢乐就像当你悔改回到神身边时,祂所经历的一样。 

  赛 54:9-13> 神信守祂与子民立的约,这与我有何关系?