Isaiah 54

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:16

Behold, I have created the smith - The sense of this verse is, ‘Everything that can effect your welfare is under my control. The smith who manufactures the instruments of war or of torture is under me. His life, his strength, his skill, are all in my hands, and he can do nothing which I shall not deem it best to permit him to do. So with the enemy of the church himself - the waster who destroys. I bare made him, and he is wholly under my control and at my disposal.’ The smith who bloweth the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is formed - No instrument of war, no sword, or spear; no instrument of persecution or torture that is made by the smith, Isaiah 54:16.Shall prosper - On the meaning of this word, see the notes at Isaiah 52:13. The sense here is, that it shall not have final and ultimate prosperity. It might be permitted for a time to appear to prosper - as persecutors and oppressors have done; but there would not be final and complete success.And every tongue - No one shall be able to injure you... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54

A.M. 3298. B.C. 706. The great mystery of the obedience and passion of the Messiah having been set forth in the last chapter, the fruits and consequences of that obedience and passion, with respect to the church, are related in this, for the comfort of true believers. It was there promised him that he should see his seed, and justify many, and that the pleasure of the Lord should prosper in his hand; and here testimony is borne to the accomplishment of these promises. It is here represented, ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:1

Isaiah 54:1. Sing, O barren The prophet, having largely discoursed of the sufferings of Christ, and of the blessed fruits thereof, among which one particularly promised was, that he should have a numerous seed that should believe on him; and here, foreseeing the accomplishment of this glorious promise, he breaks forth into this song of triumph, addressing his speech to the church, or spouse of God, or Christ, as is manifest from the following words, and especially from Isaiah 54:5, and from... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:2-3

Isaiah 54:2-3. Enlarge the place of thy tent That it may be capable of receiving the Gentiles, who shall flock to thee in great numbers, and desire to associate themselves with thee. And let them Those to whom that work belongs; stretch forth the curtains, &c. The meaning is, the curtains must and shall be stretched out. Spare not Fear not lest thou shouldest prepare more room than will be occupied; for very large accessions are to be expected. And strengthen thy stakes That... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:4-5

Isaiah 54:4-5. Thou shalt not be ashamed As formerly, of the straitness of thy borders, and the fewness of thy children. Thou shalt forget the reproach of thy youth Thy barrenness in former times: so great shall be thy fertility and felicity, that it shall cause thee to forget thy former unfruitfulness and misery. And shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood That time and state when thou wast like a widow, disconsolate and desolate, deprived or forsaken of her husband, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:6-8

Isaiah 54:6-8. For the Lord hath called thee To return and come again to him; as a woman forsaken When thou wast like a woman forsaken by her husband, who had given her a bill of divorce; and grieved in spirit For the loss of her husband’s favour and society, and for the reproach attending it; and a wife of youth As affectionately as a husband recalleth his wife whom he married in her and his own youth, whom, though he might on some provocation put away, yet he soon repents of doing... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:9-10

Isaiah 54:9-10 . For this is as the waters of Noah This covenant of grace and peace made with thee shall be as certain and perpetual as that which I made with Noah, that there should never be another flood of waters to drown the world. So have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee Namely, so as I have been, or so as to forsake thee utterly. For the mountains shall depart, &c. The mountains and hills shall sooner depart from their places than my kindness shall depart from thee.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:11-12

Isaiah 54:11-12. O thou afflicted, &c. O thou, my church, which hast been in a most afflicted and comfortless condition; behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, &c. I will make thee exceedingly beautiful and pure, stable and glorious. For, as Bishop Lowth justly observes, “these seem to be general images to express beauty, magnificence, purity, strength, and solidity, agreeably to the ideas of the eastern nations; and to have never been intended to be strictly... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:13-14

Isaiah 54:13-14. All thy children shall be taught of the Lord The church’s children, being born of God, shall be taught of God, and that not only outwardly, by his word, but inwardly, by his Spirit. Our Lord, who quotes this passage, John 6:45, applies it to gospel grace, and represents it as having its accomplishment in all those that are brought savingly to believe in him. And great shall be the peace of thy children 1st, Inward peace, arising from clear discoveries of God’s love, and... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:2-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:4-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:6-8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:9-10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:11-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 54:13-14

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