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Isaiah 54:3

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Why? Because you will grow very much.\par Your children will get people\par from many nations,\par Your children will again live in the cities\par that were destroyed.\par

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Isaac moved from there and dug another well. No men came to argue about that well. So Isaac named that well Rehoboth. [155] Isaac said, “Now the Lord has found a place for us. We will grow and be successful in this place.”

You will have many, many descendants. [163] They will be as many as the pieces of dust on earth. They will spread east and west, north and south. All the families on earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants.

Men from Judah’s family will be kings. The sign that his family rules will not leave his family, before the real king comes. [257] Then many people will obey and serve him.

\{In the future,\} the Lord will again show his love to Jacob. The Lord will again choose the people of Israel. \{At that time,\} the Lord will give those people their land. Then non-Jewish people {\cf2\super [146]} will join themselves to the Jewish people. Both people will join and become one family—Jacob’s family.

Those nations will take the people of Israel back to Israel’s land. Those men and women from the other nations will become slaves to Israel. \{In the past,\} those people forced the people of Israel to become their slaves. But \{at this time,\} the people of Israel will defeat those nations and Israel will then rule over them.

You have helped the nation you love.\par You stopped other people\par from defeating that nation. {\cf2\super [244]} \par

The Lord says,\par “Egypt and Ethiopia are rich,\par but Israel, you will get those riches.\par The tall people from Seba will be yours.\par They will walk behind you\par with chains around their necks.\par They will bow down before you.\par And they will pray to you.”\par \{Israel\}, God is with you.\par And there is no other God.\par

If you had obeyed me,\par then you would have had many children.\par They would have been\par like the many grains of sand.\par If you had obeyed me,\par then you would not have been destroyed.\par You would have continued with me.”\par

“Look! People are coming to me\par from faraway places.\par People are coming to me\par from the north and from the west.\par People are coming to me\par from Aswan in Egypt.”\par

The Lord says,\par “There will be a special time\par when I show my kindness.\par At that time I will answer your prayers.\par There will be a special day\par when I save you.\par At that time I will help you.\par I will protect you.\par And you will be the proof that I have\par an Agreement with the people.\par The country is destroyed now,\par but you will give that land back\par to the people who own it.\par

Jerusalem, your destroyed buildings\par will be happy again.\par You will all rejoice together.\par Why? Because the Lord will be kind\par to Jerusalem.\par The Lord will rescue his people.\par

The Lord decided to crush him. The Lord decided that he must suffer, so the Servant gave himself to be the one to die. But he will live a new life for a long, long time. He will see his people. He will complete the things the Lord wants him to do.

There are nations in places you don’t know,\par but you will call for those nations.\par Those nations don’t know you,\par but they will run to you.\par This will happen because the Lord,\par your God, wants it.\par This will happen because the Holy One\par of Israel honors you.\par

Then God’s special people will rule the kingdom. And they will rule over all the people from all the kingdoms of earth. {\cf2\super [83]} This kingdom will last forever. And people from all the other kingdoms will respect and serve them.’

But I ask, “Did people not hear \{the Good News\}?” Yes, they heard—\{like the Scripture {\cf2\super [111]} says\}:

The Jews’ mistake brought rich blessings for the world. And what the Jews lost brought rich blessings for the non-Jewish people. So surely the world will get much richer blessings when enough Jews become the kind of people God wants.

Christ will do this if you continue to believe in the Good News {\cf2\super [7]} you heard. You must continue strong and sure in your faith. You must not be moved away from the hope that Good News gave you. That same Good News has been told to all people in the world. I, Paul, help in telling that Good News.




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