イザヤ書 54:12 JC

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:12

12. windows—rather, "battlements"; literally, "suns"; applied to battlements from their radiated appearance. agates—rather, "rubies." carbuncles—literally, "sparkling gems"; the carbuncle when held to the sun becomes like a burning coal. all thy borders—rather, "thy whole circuit," consisting of precious stones. The glory of the Church on earth, when the Hebrew Church, according to the original design, shall be the metropolis of Christendom. read more

Thomas Constable

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

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

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 54:1-17

Lengthening the Cords and Strengthening the Stakes ( A Sermon to Clergymen ) Isaiah 54:2 My subject is steadfastness and then extension. We have the same connexion of thought in that pair of parables which ought never to be separated the Parable of the Ten Virgins and the Parable of the Entrusted Talents the connexion between secret faith in the heart and the life of active obedience life in Christ and life for Christ. I shall consider the subject in two aspects: I. As to our individual... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:1-17

, Isaiah 55:1-13, Isaiah 56:1-8CHAPTER XXIION THE EVE OF RETURNIsaiah 54:1-17, Isaiah 55:1-13, Isaiah 56:1-8ONE of the difficult problems of our prophecy is the relation and grouping of chapters 54-59. It is among them that the unity of "Second Isaiah," which up to this point we have seen no reason to doubt, gives way. Isaiah 56:9-12 is evidently pre-exilic, and so is Isaiah 59:1-21. But in chapters 54, 55, and Isaiah 56:1-8 we have three addresses, evidently dating from the Eve of the Return.... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 54:1-17

CHAPTER 54 Israel Called to Sing 1. The blessings of restoration (Isaiah 54:1-6 ) 2. Mercy bestowed (Isaiah 54:7-10 ) 3. The earthly glory of Jerusalem (Isaiah 54:11-14 ) 4. Jehovah keeps and defends His people (Isaiah 54:15-17 ) After the cross the singing. What singing there will be in the earth when at last “they will look upon Him, whom they have pierced.” Israel will some day know the full meaning ofIsaiah 53:1-12 2 , and when He is owned at last the glories and blessings of... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:1-17

THE MESSIAH REVEALED The thirty-two chapters deal particularly with the Person and work of the Messiah. Isaiah has sometimes been called the evangelical prophet because of the large space he gives to that subject a circumstance the more notable because of the silence concerning it since Moses. The explanation of this silence is hinted at in the lesson on the introduction to the prophets. In chapter 49, the Messiah speaks of Himself and the failure of His mission in His rejection by His... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Isaiah 54:1-17

God's Relation to His People Isaiah 54:0 Think of the prophet making a study of the divine relation to the Church. It will be interesting and profitably exciting to follow him in his definition of that relation. Isaiah sees everything that is spiritual with a poet's eye, everything that is political with a statesman's vision. Everything that is future and bearing upon the destiny and development of the Church he sees with that transfiguring glance which makes all common things uncommon, and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 54:11-15

Every believer in Christ, as well as the Church at large, should take comfort from these gracious promises and assurances; for while they are spoken to the Church in general, they are intended for the special and personal consolation of every individual believer. And most sweet they are! Tried and tempted souls are afflicted souls, tossed about like ships on the tempestuous waters; but there shall be peace in Jesus. The New Testament Church, like the Jerusalem above, shall be glorious in her... read more