Isaiah 54

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54

CHAPTER 54 :-. THE FRUIT OF MESSIAH'S SUFFERINGS, AND OF ISRAEL'S FINAL PENITENCE AT HER PAST UNBELIEF (Isaiah 53:6): HER JOYFUL RESTORATION AND ENLARGEMENT BY JEHOVAH, WHOSE WRATH WAS MOMENTARY, BUT HIS KINDNESS EVERLASTING. Israel converted is compared to a wife (Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 62:5) put away for unfaithfulness, but now forgiven and taken home again. The converted Gentiles are represented as a new progeny of the long-forsaken but now restored wife. The pre-eminence of the Hebrew... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:1

1. Sing—for joy ( :-). barren—the Jewish Church once forsaken by God, and therefore during that time destitute of spiritual children (Isaiah 54:6). didst not bear—during the Babylonian exile primarily. Secondarily, and chiefly, during Israel's present dispersion. the children—the Gentiles adopted by special grace into the original Church (Isaiah 54:3; Isaiah 49:20; Isaiah 49:21). than . . . married wife—than were her spiritual children, when Israel was still a married wife (under the law,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:2

2. (Isaiah 49:19; Isaiah 49:20; Jeremiah 31:31-36; Jeremiah 31:38; Jeremiah 31:39). Thy children shall be so many that thy borders must be extended to contain them. curtains—the cloth forming the covering of the tent. spare not—give abundantly the means for the enlargement of the Church (Jeremiah 31:39- :). cords . . . stakes—The more the tent is enlarged by lengthening the cords by which the cloth covering is fastened to the ground, the more the stakes supporting the tent need to be... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:3

3. break forth—rather, "burst forth" with increase; thy offspring shall grow, answering to "thy seed" in the parallel clause. thy seed—Israel and her children, as distinguished from "the Gentiles." desolate cities—of Israel (Isaiah 44:26). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:4

4. (Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 41:14). shame of thy youth—Israel's unfaithfulness as wife of Jehovah, almost from her earliest history. reproach of widowhood—Israel's punishment in her consequent dismissal from God and barrenness of spiritual children in Babylon and her present dispersion (Isaiah 54:1; Isaiah 49:21; Jeremiah 3:24; Jeremiah 3:25; Jeremiah 31:19; Hosea 2:2-5). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:5

5. (Isaiah 62:5; Jeremiah 3:14). That God was Israel's "Maker," both as individuals and as the theocratic kingdom, is the pledge of assurance that He will be her Redeemer (Jeremiah 3:14- :). Hebrew, "makers . . . husbands"; plural for singular, to denote excellency. of Israel . . . whole earth—Not until He manifests Himself as God of Israel shall He appear as God of the whole earth (Psalms 102:13; Psalms 102:15; Psalms 102:16; Zechariah 14:5; Zechariah 14:9). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:6

6. called—that is, recalled: the prophetic past for the future. forsaken—that had been forsaken. when thou—or, "when she was rejected"; one who had been a wife of youth (Ezekiel 16:8; Ezekiel 16:22; Ezekiel 16:60; Jeremiah 2:2) at the time when (thou, or) she was rejected for infidelity [MAURER]. "A wife of youth but afterwards rejected" [LOWTH]. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:7

7. small moment—as compared with Israel's coming long prosperity (Isaiah 26:20; Isaiah 60:10). So the spiritual Israel (Psalms 30:5; 2 Corinthians 4:17). gather thee—to Myself from thy dispersions. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:8

8. In a little wrath—rather, "In the overflowing of wrath"; as :-, Margin, [GESENIUS]. The wrath, though but "for a moment," was overflowing while it lasted. hid . . . face— (Isaiah 8:17; Psalms 30:7). everlasting—in contrast to "for a moment." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:9

9. I am about to do the same in this instance as in Noah's flood. As I swore then that it should not return (Genesis 8:21; Genesis 9:11), and I kept that promise, so I swear now to My people, and will perform My promise, that there shall be no return of the deluge of My wrath upon them. LOWTH, on insufficient authority, reads (the same will I do now as), "in the days of Noah." read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:9

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