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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:5

The husband-figure for God. "For thy Maker is thine Husband" (comp. Hosea 2:16 ), "And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me, Ishi [my Husband], and shalt call me no more, Baali [my Lord]"). The figure Isaiah uses is that of the Goel , or next of kin, and this very suggestive and beautiful illustration may be taken from the story of Ruth and Boaz. Boaz was a "next of kin," and on him rested the formal duty of recovering Ruth's property, if the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:5

God-worshippers outside Judaism. "The God of the whole earth shall he be called." To our fathers the world seemed but small; to us it is great, and its bounds are ever enlarging. In olden times the few travellers came back with marvellous stories of griffins and dragons and mermaids, at which ignorant crowds gaped, but at which we can afford to smile. Now almost every part of the earth is searched again and again, and distant lands have become almost as familiar to us as our own. Men still... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:6

For the Lord hath called thee ; i.e. recalled thee to himself—summoned thee to return, and once more resume the office of a wife . As a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit ; i.e. as one whom her husband has cast off, and whose spirit is grieved by the repudiation. No doubt a large number of the captives had the same spirit of penitence as Daniel ( Daniel 9:5-19 ). A wife of youth . One wooed and won in youth, therefore more dearly loved, more regretfully repudiated, more joyfully... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:6-10

Superabounding goodness. The prevailing thought here is the prevalence of God's goodness over his severity. For a small moment he had forsaken, but with great mercies he would comfort his people. Against the "little wrath" in which his face was hidden there was to be set the " everlasting kindness" with which he would redeem them. The largely preponderant, completely outweighing, superabounding goodness of the Lord is manifest on every side. We see it— I. IN THE NATURAL ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:1

Sing, O barren - That is, shout for joy, lift up the voice of exultation and praise. The ‘barren’ here denotes the church of God under the Old Testament, confined within the narrow limits of the Jewish nation, and still more so in respect to the very small number of true believers, and which seemed sometimes to be deserted of God, her husband (Lowth). It is here represented under the image of a female who had been destitute of children, and who now has occasion to rejoice on the reconciliation... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:2

Enlarge the place of thy tent - The same idea occurs in Isaiah 49:19-20 (see the notes at that chapter). The curtains of thy habitations. The word ‘curtain’ does not quite express the sense here. It is commonly with us used to denote the cloth hanging round. a bed or at a window, which may be spread or drawn aside at pleasure, or the hanging in theaters to conceal the stage from the spectators. The word here, however, denotes the canopy or cloth used in a tent; and the idea is, that the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:3

For thou shalt break forth - (See the notes at Isaiah 49:19-20).And make the desolate cities - (See the notes at Isaiah 44:26). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:4

Fear not ... - (See Isaiah 41:10, note, Isaiah 41:14, note).Neither shalt thou be confounded - All these words mean substantially the same thing; and the design of the prophet is to affirm, in the strongest possible manner, that the church of God should be abundantly prospered and enlarged. The image of the female that was barren is kept up, and the idea is, that there should be no occasion of the shame which she felt who had no children.For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth - In the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:5

For thy Maker is thine husband - Both these words, ‘maker’ and ‘husband,’ in the Hebrew are in the plural number. But the form is evidently the pluralis excellentiae - a form denoting majesty and honor (see 1 Samuel 19:13, 1 Samuel 19:16; Psalms 149:2; Proverbs 9:10; Proverbs 30:3; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Hosea 12:1). Here it refers to ‘Yahweh of hosts,’ necessarily in the singular, as Yahweh is one Deuteronomy 6:4. No argument can be drawn from this phrase to prove that there is a distinction of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:6

For the Lord hath called thee - This is designed to confirm and illustrate the sentiment in the previous verse. God there says that he would be a husband to his people. Here he says, that although he had for a time apparently forsaken them, as a husband who had forsaken his wife, and although they were cast down and dejected like a woman who had thus been forsaken, yet he would now restore them to favor.Hath called thee - That is, will have called thee to himself - referring to the future times... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:6-10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:6

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