Isaiah 54

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:11-12

Presently God’s people were wretched, but they would be redeemed. They were bereft of support, without stability, and in despair, all of which God in His compassion noted. They would enjoy richness, abundance, completeness, and variety. Antimony was a black powder that masons added to mortar that held stones in place. It set off the beauty of the stones by providing a dark edging for them. Women also used this powder as mascara to color their eyes (cf. 2 Kings 9:30). Foundations of sapphires... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:11-17

The rebuilt city 54:11-17Isaiah changed his illustration from a restored wife to a rebuilt city, but the point remains the same. The contrast between the city of man and the city of God is one that Isaiah developed quite fully (cf. Isaiah 1:26-27; Isaiah 2:2-4; Isaiah 4:2-6; Isaiah 12:1-6; Isaiah 24:10; Isaiah 25:1-9; Isaiah 26:1-6; Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 52:1; Isaiah 66:10-14). The people of God can anticipate a glorious future. The prophet was not describing the rebuilding of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:13

All the spiritual descendants of the redeemed in that era would be disciples of the Lord. They would follow Him faithfully, and they would enjoy the highest quality of spiritual life (cf. Isaiah 1:26). Jesus saw a foreview of this condition during His earthly ministry (John 6:45). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:14

The righteous would be secure in the love and plans of God. Oppression and terror would not come anywhere near them, so they would not fear (cf. Isaiah 32:17). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:15

Whatever trouble might come to them would not come from God as discipline, as in former times. Moreover, God’s people would be able to overcome all their opponents. This indicates that conditions for the redeemed will not be completely placid at this time, as they will be in the eternal state where nothing offensive will assail God’s people. Isaiah rather described conditions during the first part of the renovation of all things, the Millennium. It seems that assault by enemies is not just a... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:16

Whatever happens to the redeemed in that era would be by the will of God, who not only raises up destroyers to destroy, and provides the weapons that they use, but creates the blacksmiths who make the weapons. All that the people of God would experience would be part of God’s good intention and design for them."This verse is very instructive for the study of divine providence. It teaches that nothing occurs, not even the destroying acts of the enemies of God’s people, apart from God Himself. At... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:17

Even though opponents might arise, they would be ineffective against God’s invincible people. Hard steel or a hot tongue, two forms of antagonism that represent all forms of it, would not prosper. Yahweh’s vindication of His people would be the heritage of His servants in that peaceful era. That heritage would include restoration to intimacy with God (cf. Isaiah 54:1-10), and, for Israel, fulfillment of the promises in the Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 12:1-3; Genesis 12:7)."Beginning here and... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 54:1-8

Renewed Promises of RestorationIsaiah 54:1-6. Zion addressed as a woman whose period of barrenness and affliction is over; the desolation and reproach of the exile are to be things of the past. 7-10. From His promise of mercy to Zion Jehovah will not go back. 11-17. The re-establishment of the city. Its security from enemies.Isaiah 55:1-7. The prophet invites mankind to those blessings which Jehovah has covenanted; and exhorts to putaway obstacles to their enjoyment. 8-13. Jehovah’s promise is... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 54:1-17

1. Married wife] referring to the days of Jerusalem’s prosperity. 2. The figure is that of a tent which must be enlarged to take in increasing numbers (Isaiah 33:20). The ultimate fulfilment is seen in the extension of the religion of Zion so as to embrace the nations in the Christian dispensation. 3. Break forth] RV ’spread abroad.’ Make the desolate cities, etc.] (cp. Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 61:4) i.e. reoccupy cities which had suffered from Babylonian invasions.4. Shame of thy... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 54:1

LIV.(1) Sing, O barren . . .—The words seem to carry on the jubilant strain of Isaiah 51:0, Isaiah 52:1-12, leaving the section Isaiah 52:13 to Isaiah 53:12, as a mysterious episode. inserted, it may be, by the prophet to show how it was that the restoration of Israel and the victory of righteousness had become possible. We note, as bearing on Isaiah’s studies, the parallelism with 1 Samuel 2:5. The “children of the desolate” are primarily the returning exiles, ultimately all the citizens of... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:11-12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:11-17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 54:17

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 54:1-8

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 54:1-17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 54:1

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