Isaiah 54:10-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 Though the mountains fall away
and the hills be shaken,
My love shall never fall away from you
nor my covenant of peace[a] be shaken,
says the Lord, who has mercy on you.(A)
11 O afflicted one,[b] storm-battered and unconsoled,
I lay your pavements in carnelians,
your foundations in sapphires;(B)
12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
your gates of jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
Footnotes
- 54:10 Covenant of peace: this whole section, vv. 9–17, is given to various assurances of God’s love for Israel and of safety from various possible threats; the phrase sums up both the positive aspects of shalom, which implies a fullness of blessing, and protection from all that might harm. Cf. also 55:3; Nm 25:12; Ez 34:25; 37:26; Mal 2:5.
- 54:11 Afflicted one: Jerusalem.
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