Imamat 26:33

26:33 I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword ¹  after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.

Yesaya 54:1

Zion Will Be Secure

54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth!

Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor!

For the children of the desolate one are more numerous

than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.

Yesaya 54:3

54:3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;

your children will conquer ²  nations

and will resettle desolate cities.

Yesaya 60:18

60:18 Sounds of violence ³  will no longer be heard in your land,

or the sounds of ⁴  destruction and devastation within your borders.

You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’

and your gates, ‘Praise.’

Yesaya 62:4

62:4 You will no longer be called, “Abandoned,”

and your land will no longer be called “Desolate.”

Indeed, ⁵  you will be called “My Delight is in Her,” ⁶ 

and your land “Married.” ⁷ 

For the Lord will take delight in you,

and your land will be married to him. ⁸ 

[26:33]  ¹ tn Heb “and I will empty sword” (see HALOT 1228 s.v. ריק 3).

[54:3]  ² tn Or “take possession of”; NAB “shall dispossess.”

[60:18]  ³ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[60:18]  ⁴ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[62:4]  ⁵ tn Or “for”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “but.”

[62:4]  ⁶ tn Hebrew חֶפְצִי־בָהּ (kheftsi-vah), traditionally transliterated “Hephzibah” (so KJV, ASV, NIV).

[62:4]  ⁷ tn Hebrew בְּעוּלָה (bÿ’ulah), traditionally transliterated “Beulah” (so KJV, ASV, NIV).

[62:4]  ⁸ tn That is, the land will be restored to the Lord’s favor and once again enjoy his blessing and protection. To indicate the land’s relationship to the Lord, the words “to him” have been supplied at the end of the clause.