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Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 54:1-17

LIV. Zion shall be Restored to her Place as Yahweh’ s Wife, Never again to be Rejected.— The poet pictures Zion as a barren wife, left desolate by her husband. Let her break into transports of joy, for Yahweh promises that her children shall yet be more than the children of a wife not deserted— so many that her tent must be enlarged. He bids her “ stretch forth her tent-hangings” (so LXX), without stint lengthening the cords and strengthening the tent-pegs to support the larger tent. For... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 54:11

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempests, and not comforted; O thou my poor church, vho hast frequently been, and wilt again and again be, in a most afflicted and comfortless condition for a time, be not discouraged thereby. I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires; I will make thee exceeding beautiful and glorious. Which yet is not to be understood of outward pomp and worldly glory, as is evident from many places of Scripture, which assure us that Christ’s... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 54:11-12

THE CHURCH, Isaiah 54:11-12.I. The distressed condition of the Church. Without. Within. II. The promised glory of the Church. Completed. Adorned. Perfected with grace. III. The perpetuation of the Church. Her children instructed—blessed with abundant peace. IV. The inviolable security of the Church. Established. Protected from oppression, fear, terror.—Dr. Lyth.THE AFFLICTED AND BEAUTIFIED CHURCHIsaiah 54:11-12. O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, &c.These verses, which doubtless had a... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:1-17

Chapter 54Israel is to be restored as Jehovah's wife, chapter 54.Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes ( Isaiah 54:1-2 );God speaks of how He's just going to enlarge... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:1-17

Isaiah 54:1 . Sing, oh barren, thou that didst not bear. This prophecy is a song of praise, exulting in the assurance that the gentile world should be converted to Christ. The prophet saw it as already done: he had no doubt on the subject. Christianity has contended single-handed with idolatry, on the great theatres of Greece and Rome, and put her to shame. It shall be the same, whenever truth shall fairly gain the ear of the yet rebellious gentiles. The Jews, it is true, apply all these... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 54:1-17

Isaiah 54:1-17Sing, O barrenJerusalem: barren, then fruitfulThe direct address refers to Jerusalem, which resembled Sarah in her early barrenness and later fruitfulness Isaiah 51:1-3).(F. Delitzsch, D.D.)The relation between Isaiah 53:1-12; Isaiah 54:1-17From Calvin to Ewald and Dillman, critics have all felt a close connection between Isaiah 52:13 -53. and chap. 54. “After having spoken of the death of Christ, ‘ saysCalvin, “the prophet passed on with good reason to the Church: that we may... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 54:6-13

Isaiah 54:6-13For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsakenGod is loveNone of those who came before the Lord Jesus ventured to define God as love.But it does not follow, as we sometimes assume, that the holy men who were moved by the Holy Ghost before Christ came into the world did not know and teach the fatherly and redeeming love of God. They could not be so familiar with that love as we are; but that they recognized it, and insisted on it with rare force and pathos, that they did all... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 54:11-17

Isaiah 54:11-17O thou afflictedThe city of GodThe reference is still to Jerusalem.In the former paragraph, she was addressed as a barren wife; here as destined to arise from her encumbering ruins, and become the joy of the whole earth. Of course, the primary reference is to that actual rebuilding which took place under the direction of Nehemiah. But there is a further and more spiritual meaning. These words must refer to that city of God which is ever arising amid the ruins of all other... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 54:11

Isa 54:11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. Ver. 11. O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted. ] This is the Church’s style and state in this present life: Ecclesia est haeres crucis, The church’s cross clings, saith Luther. None out of hell have suffered more than saints. Behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours. ] So that thou shalt be a city of pearl,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 54:11

thou afflicted: Isaiah 54:6, Isaiah 49:14, Isaiah 51:17-Psalms :, Isaiah 51:23, Isaiah 52:1-Deuteronomy :, Isaiah 60:15, Exodus 2:23, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 3:7, Deuteronomy 31:17, Psalms 34:19, Psalms 129:1-Leviticus :, Jeremiah 30:17, John 16:20-Song of Solomon :, John 16:33, Acts 14:22, Revelation 11:3-2 Samuel :, Revelation 12:13-Esther : tossed: Matthew 8:24, Acts 27:18-Proverbs : not comforted: Lamentations 1:1, Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 1:16, Lamentations 1:17, Lamentations 1:21 I... read more

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