1 Sing with joy, you childless women who never gave birth to children.
2 Expand the space of your tent.
3 You will spread out to the right and left.
4 Don’t be afraid, because you won’t be put to shame.
5 Your husband is your maker.
6 “The Lord has called you as if you were
7 “I abandoned you for one brief moment,
8 I hid my face from you for a moment in a burst of anger,
9 “To me this is like Noah’s floodwaters, when I swore an oath
10 The mountains may move, and the hills may shake,
11 “You suffering, comfortless, storm-ravaged city!
12 I will rebuild your towers with rubies,
13 All your children will be taught by the Lord,
14 You will be established in righteousness.
15 “If anyone attacks you, it will not be my doing.
16 I’ve created blacksmiths to fan the coals into flames
17 No weapon that has been made to be used against you will succeed.