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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 54:10

The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; which hath been verified in some mountains and hills, that by earthquakes, or otherwise, have been removed from their places. But these kind of absolute expressions are ofttimes comparatively understood, of which See Poole "Isaiah 51:6"; and so the sense is, The mountains shall sooner depart from their places, than my kindness shall depart from thee. As when it is said absolutely, I desired mercy, and not sacrifice, it is meant... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 54:7-10

LITTLE WRATH AND EVERLASTING KINDNESSIsaiah 54:7-10. For a small moment have I forsaken thee, &c.This precious passage is the property of all true believers in Christ (Isaiah 54:17). The people of God are often very severely afflicted. At such times there is powerful comfort for them in the fact that whatever the Lord may do unto them, He cannot be wroth with them, nor rebuke them, in the weightiest sense of those words. There may be much that is bitter in their cup, but since Jesus has... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 54:6-10

DISCOURSE: 978GOD’S FAITHFULNESS TO HIS COVENANT ENGAGEMENTSIsaiah 54:6-10. The Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that... 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 54:7-10

Isaiah 54:7-10For a small moment have I forsaken theeAffliction consolationThis is a word of blessed comfort from One who is able to give it.Here is--I. TEMPORARY AFFLICTION. Observe--1. Its Author. “I have forsaken.” All trial comes from the hand of God Himself. Means may be employed, but He works through and by the means. 2. Its method. “Forsaken.” The greatest sorrow of Christ was that He was forsaken of God. The terror of hell will be that it is a God-forsaken world. 3. Its duration. “A... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 54:10

Isaiah 54:10For the mountains shall departMountains stable, yet crumblingThose who have been reared and nurtured among the everlasting hills always look upon them as old friends.To them there is in mountain, valley and glen a peace reposing in the bosom of strength that soothes the heart to rest. Jean Paul says “that the great hills are like great men--the first to catch and the last to lose the light; and he might further say that, like great men, they afford kindliest shelter in their mighty... read more

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