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Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 54:1-17

the Wondrous Love of God Isaiah 54:1-17 We have heard the exiles summoned to leave Babylon, and have beheld the Savior becoming the sin-bearer. Here our attention is recalled to the still desolate condition of Jerusalem. See Nehemiah 1:3 ; Nehemiah 2:3 ; Nehemiah 2:13-17 . Jehovah says, Sing , but Israel replies that she cannot sing so long as she lies desolate. In reply God declares His inalienable love: He is their husband still and has sworn that the waters of death and destruction shall... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:1-17

We now come to the section which deals with the triumphant singing resulting from the work of the Servant of God, and this chapter is the song of assurance. It first sets forth the glorious fact of restoration. The people, forsaken on account of their own sin, are to be restored to the sacred relationship to Jehovah, in which He is the husband. The borders are to be enlarged in order that the growth of the people may find room, and all this because the end of forsaking has come. It must not be... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 54:11-17

The Continuing and Final Establishment of His People (Isaiah 54:11-17 ). Isaiah’s prophecies of Israel’s future have a number of facets, for he is preparing them for the whole future. The prophecies found a partial fulfilment in Israel’s being built up again with returning exiles and the establishment of the land. God’s graciousness to them was revealed in different ways. Prophets came among them and taught them. The Scriptures grew. They had periods of independence and plenty. They were a... read more

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 54:13

Shall be taught of the Lord; not only outwardly by his word, which was made known to all the Jews under the Old Testament, but inwardly by his Spirit, which is poured forth under the New Testament, both upon a far greater number of persons, and in a far higher measure, and with much more efficacy and success, than it was under the Old. The peace: 1. Inward peace of mind or conscience arising from the clear discoveries of God’s love and reconciliation to us, and wrought by the Spirit of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 54:14

In righteousness; either, 1. As the means of thy establishment. This kingdom shall not be set up and settled by fraud or tyranny, as other kingdoms frequently are, but by justice. Or rather, 2. As the effect of the establishment. Thine affairs shall be managed with righteousness, which is the glory and felicity of any society, and not with oppression, as it follows. Justice shall be freely and impartially executed. Thou shalt be far from oppression; either by thine own governors, or by foreign... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 54:15

They shall surely gather together; it is true, there will not want some that shall combine and make an attempt against thee. But not by me; as they do this without any such commission from me, as Sennacherib and Nebuchadnezzar had, Isaiah 10:6,Isaiah 10:7; Jeremiah 25:9; so they shall not have my help in it, without which all their endeavours will be vain and unsuccessful. Whosoever shall gather together to battle, as is manifest from the following words, of which kind of gathering this word is... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 54:16

Both the smith that maketh all warlike instruments, and the soldier that useth them, are my creatures, and totally at my command, and therefore they cannot hurt you without my leave. To destroy; to destroy only whom and when I please. read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 54:13

DISCOURSE: 979PEACE THE FRUIT OF DIVINE TEACHINGIsaiah 54:13. All thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.THE Jewish Church was often in a state of great distress, under the judgments of Almighty God. In Babylon especially was she at the lowest ebb of degradation and misery. But there was consolation provided for her in a prospect of glorious times, when her light, and peace, and joy, and purity, should far exceed any thing which she had ever... 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

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