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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch54" data-usfm="ISA.54">
         <div class="label">54</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Future Glory of Zion</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sing, barren woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">you who never bore a child;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">burst into song, shout for joy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">you who were never in labor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">because more are the children of the desolate woman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">than of her who has a husband,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Enlarge the place of your tent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">stretch your tent curtains wide,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">do not hold back;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">lengthen your cords,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">strengthen your stakes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For you will spread out to the right and to the left;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="content">your descendants will dispossess nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="content">and settle in their desolate cities.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">You will forget the shame of your youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For your Maker is your husband&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is his name&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">he is called the God of all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will call you back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">a wife who married young,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">only to be rejected,&#8221; says your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.54.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;For a brief moment I abandoned you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.54.7"><span class="content">but with deep compassion I will bring you back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.54.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In a surge of anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">I hid my face from you for a moment,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">but with everlasting kindness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">I will have compassion on you,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your Redeemer.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;To me this is like the days of Noah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">never to rebuke you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Though the mountains be shaken</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">and the hills be removed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">nor my covenant of peace be removed,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who has compassion on you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="content">I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">54:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="content">your foundations with lapis lazuli.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will make your battlements of rubies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="content">your gates of sparkling jewels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="content">and all your walls of precious stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.54.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All your children will be taught by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.54.13"><span class="content">and great will be their peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.54.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In righteousness you will be established:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">Tyranny will be far from you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">you will have nothing to fear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">Terror will be far removed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">it will not come near you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"><span class="content">whoever attacks you will surrender to you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, it is I who created the blacksmith</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">who fans the coals into flame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">and forges a weapon fit for its work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">no weapon forged against you will prevail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">This is the heritage of the servants of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">and this is their vindication from me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkEZK">
      <div class="chapter ch48" data-usfm="EZK.48">
         <div class="label">48</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Division of the Land</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.48.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;These are the tribes, listed by name: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion; it will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo Hamath; Hazar Enan and the northern border of Damascus next to Hamath will be part of its border from the east side to the west side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.48.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.48.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Asher will have one portion; it will border the territory of Dan from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.48.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.48.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Naphtali will have one portion; it will border the territory of Asher from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.48.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.48.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Manasseh will have one portion; it will border the territory of Naphtali from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.48.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.48.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim will have one portion; it will border the territory of Manasseh from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.48.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.48.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Reuben will have one portion; it will border the territory of Ephraim from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.48.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.48.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Judah will have one portion; it will border the territory of Reuben from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.48.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.48.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bordering the territory of Judah from east to west will be the portion you are to present as a special gift. It will be 25,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">48:8 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 8 miles or about 13 kilometers; also in verses 9, 10, 13, 15, 20 and 21</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide, and its length from east to west will equal one of the tribal portions; the sanctuary will be in the center of it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.48.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.48.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;The special portion you are to offer to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">48:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verses 10, 13 and 18</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.48.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This will be the sacred portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center of it will be the sanctuary of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.48.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">This will be for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites, who were faithful in serving me and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.48.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It will be a special gift to them from the sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of the Levites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.48.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.48.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. Its total length will be 25,000 cubits and its width 10,000 cubits. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.48.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.48.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.48.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The remaining area, 5,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">48:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 2/3 miles or about 2.7 kilometers</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for the common use of the city, for houses and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.48.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and will have these measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">48:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 1/2 miles or about 2.4 kilometers; also in verses 30, 32, 33 and 34</span></span></span><span class="content"> the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.48.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The pastureland for the city will be 250 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">48:17 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 440 feet or about 135 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the north, 250 cubits on the south, 250 cubits on the east, and 250 cubits on the west. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.48.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">What remains of the area, bordering on the sacred portion and running the length of it, will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.48.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The workers from the city who farm it will come from all the tribes of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.48.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits on each side. As a special gift you will set aside the sacred portion, along with the property of the city.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.48.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.48.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;What remains on both sides of the area formed by the sacred portion and the property of the city will belong to the prince. It will extend eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the sacred portion to the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. Both these areas running the length of the tribal portions will belong to the prince, and the sacred portion with the temple sanctuary will be in the center of them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.48.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So the property of the Levites and the property of the city will lie in the center of the area that belongs to the prince. The area belonging to the prince will lie between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.48.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.48.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion; it will extend from the east side to the west side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.48.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.48.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Simeon will have one portion; it will border the territory of Benjamin from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.48.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.48.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Issachar will have one portion; it will border the territory of Simeon from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.48.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.48.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Zebulun will have one portion; it will border the territory of Issachar from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.48.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.48.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Gad will have one portion; it will border the territory of Zebulun from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.48.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.48.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.48.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.48.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,&#8221; declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Gates of the New City</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.48.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.48.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.48.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah and the gate of Levi.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.48.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.48.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.48.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.48.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the south side, which measures 4,500 cubits, will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar and the gate of Zebulun.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.48.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.48.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the west side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher and the gate of Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.48.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">48:35 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 6 miles or about 9.5 kilometers</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="content">&#8220;And the name of the city from that time on will be:</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is there.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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