1  ⁿ“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;

break forth into singing and cry aloud,

you who have not been in labor!

For the children of the ^odesolate one will be more

than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord.

2  ^p“Enlarge the place of your tent,

and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;

do not hold back; lengthen your cords

and strengthen your stakes.

3  For you will ^qspread abroad to the right and to the left,

and your offspring will ^rpossess the nations

and will people the desolate cities.

10  I will bring them home ^dfrom the land of Egypt,

and gather them from Assyria,

and I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon,

^etill there is no room for them.