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What does Isaiah 54:3 mean?

"For you will spread out on the right hand and on the left; and your offspring will possess the nations, and settle in desolate cities."

— Isaiah 54:3 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

“Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth; break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says Yahweh.

2

“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your habitations; don’t spare: lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.

3

For you will spread out on the right hand and on the left; and your offspring will possess the nations, and settle in desolate cities.

4

“Don’t be afraid; for you will not be ashamed. Don’t be confounded; for you will not be disappointed. For you will forget the shame of your youth; and the reproach of your widowhood you shall remember no more.

5

For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.

6

For Yahweh has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off,” says your God.

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