Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 54:3
Thou shalt break forth; thou shalt bring forth a multitude of children; for this word is commonly used of any great and extraordinary propagation of living creatures, whether beasts or men, Genesis 30:30; Exodus 1:12. On the right hand and on the left; on every side, in all the parts of the world. Thy seed; either, 1. Thy spiritual seed, the church of the new testament, which is accounted Abraham’s seed, or children, Galatians 3:7-9,Galatians 3:29. Or, 2. Thy natural seed, Christ and his... read more
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