εὐφράνθητι στεῖρα ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα εἶπεν γὰρ κύριος
Rejoice, barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of her who has a husband, for the Lord has spoken.
Word-by-word analysis· 26 words
πλάτυνον τὸν τόπον τῆς σκηνῆς σου καὶ τῶν αὐλαιῶν σου πῆξον μὴ φείσῃ μάκρυνον τὰ σχοινίσματά σου καὶ τοὺς πασσάλους σου κατίσχυσον
Enlarge the place of your tent, and fix firmly your curtains; do not spare; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes.
Word-by-word analysis· 22 words
ἔτι εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ καὶ εἰς τὰ ἀριστερὰ ἐκπέτασον καὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου ἔθνη κληρονομήσει καὶ πόλεις ἠρημωμένας κατοικιεῖς
For still further to the right and to the left spread out, and your seed shall inherit nations, and you shall inhabit desolated cities.
Word-by-word analysis· 19 words
μὴ φοβοῦ ὅτι κατῃσχύνθης μηδὲ ἐντραπῇς ὅτι ὠνειδίσθης ὅτι αἰσχύνην αἰώνιον ἐπιλήσῃ καὶ ὄνειδος τῆς χηρείας σου οὐ μὴ μνησθήσῃ
Do not fear, because you were put to shame, and do not be embarrassed, because you were reproached; for you will forget everlasting shame, and you will no longer remember the reproach of your widowhood.
Word-by-word analysis· 20 words
ὅτι κύριος ὁ ποιῶν σε κύριος σαβαωθ ὄνομα αὐτῷ καὶ ὁ ῥυσάμενός σε αὐτὸς θεὸς Ισραηλ πάσῃ τῇ γῇ κληθήσεται
Because the Lord who made you, the Lord Sabaoth, is his name, and the one who delivered you is himself the God of Israel; he shall be called the God of all the earth.
Word-by-word analysis· 20 words
οὐχ ὡς γυναῖκα καταλελειμμένην καὶ ὀλιγόψυχον κέκληκέν σε κύριος οὐδ' ὡς γυναῖκα ἐκ νεότητος μεμισημένην εἶπεν ὁ θεός σου
Not as a woman abandoned and faint-hearted has the Lord called you, nor as a woman hated from youth, said your God.
Word-by-word analysis· 19 words
χρόνον μικρὸν κατέλιπόν σε καὶ μετὰ ἐλέους μεγάλου ἐλεήσω σε
For a brief time I abandoned you, but with great mercy I will have mercy on you.
Word-by-word analysis· 10 words
ἐν θυμῷ μικρῷ ἀπέστρεψα τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ ἐν ἐλέει αἰωνίῳ ἐλεήσω σε εἶπεν ὁ ῥυσάμενός σε κύριος
In a little wrath I turned my face away from you, but with everlasting mercy I will have mercy on you, says the Lord who delivered you.
Word-by-word analysis· 20 words
ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος τοῦ ἐπὶ Νωε τοῦτό μοί ἐστιν καθότι ὤμοσα αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ χρόνῳ ἐκείνῳ τῇ γῇ μὴ θυμωθήσεσθαι ἐπὶ σοὶ ἔτι μηδὲ ἐν ἀπειλῇ σου
This is to me like the water that came in Noah's time, when I swore in that season to the earth not to be angry with you anymore, nor to threaten you.
Word-by-word analysis· 27 words
τὰ ὄρη μεταστήσεσθαι οὐδὲ οἱ βουνοί σου μετακινηθήσονται οὕτως οὐδὲ τὸ παρ' ἐμοῦ σοι ἔλεος ἐκλείψει οὐδὲ ἡ διαθήκη τῆς εἰρήνης σου οὐ μὴ μεταστῇ εἶπεν γὰρ κύριος ἵλεώς σοι
The mountains will be moved and your hills will be shaken, but my mercy toward you will not fail, nor will the covenant of your peace be removed, for the Lord who is gracious to you has spoken.
Word-by-word analysis· 30 words
ταπεινὴ καὶ ἀκατάστατος οὐ παρεκλήθης ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἑτοιμάζω σοὶ ἄνθρακα τὸν λίθον σου καὶ τὰ θεμέλιά σου σάπφειρον
Afflicted one and storm-tossed one who has not been comforted, behold, I am preparing for you a coal-stone and your foundations with sapphire.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
καὶ θήσω τὰς ἐπάλξεις σου ἴασπιν καὶ τὰς πύλας σου λίθους κρυστάλλου καὶ τὸν περίβολόν σου λίθους ἐκλεκτοὺς
And I will make your battlements jasper and your gates stones of crystal and your enclosure chosen stones.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
καὶ πάντας τοὺς υἱούς σου διδακτοὺς θεοῦ καὶ ἐν πολλῇ εἰρήνῃ τὰ τέκνα σου
And all your sons shall be taught by God, and your children shall be in great peace.
Word-by-word analysis· 14 words
καὶ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ οἰκοδομηθήσῃ ἀπέχου ἀπὸ ἀδίκου καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσῃ καὶ τρόμος οὐκ ἐγγιεῖ σοι
And you shall be built in righteousness; keep far from injustice, and you shall not fear, and terror shall not come near you.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
ἰδοὺ προσήλυτοι προσελεύσονταί σοι δι' ἐμοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ σὲ καταφεύξονται
Behold, strangers shall come near to you through me, and they shall flee for refuge to you.
Word-by-word analysis· 10 words
ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ κτίζω σε οὐχ ὡς χαλκεὺς φυσῶν ἄνθρακας καὶ ἐκφέρων σκεῦος εἰς ἔργον ἐγὼ δὲ ἔκτισά σε οὐκ εἰς ἀπώλειαν φθεῖραι
Behold, I created you not like a smith blowing coals and bringing out a tool for work; but I created you not for destruction, to be ruined.
Word-by-word analysis· 22 words
πᾶν σκεῦος φθαρτόν ἐπὶ σὲ οὐκ εὐοδώσω καὶ πᾶσα φωνὴ ἀναστήσεται ἐπὶ σὲ εἰς κρίσιν πάντας αὐτοὺς ἡττήσεις οἱ δὲ ἔνοχοί σου ἔσονται ἐν αὐτῇ ἔστιν κληρονομία τοῖς θεραπεύουσιν κύριον καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι δίκαιοι λέγει κύριος
No perishable weapon formed against you will prosper, and every voice that rises against you in judgment you shall defeat; this is the inheritance for those who serve the Lord, and you shall be righteous to me, says the Lord.