Isaiah 54:5-8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 54:1-5

If we apply this to the state of the Jews after their return out of captivity, it is a prophecy of the increase of their nation after they were settled in their own land. Jerusalem had been in the condition of a wife written childless, or a desolate solitary widow; but now it is promised that the city should be replenished and the country peopled again, that not only the ruins of Jerusalem should be repaired, but the suburbs of it extended on all sides and a great many buildings erected upon... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 54:6-10

The seasonable succour and relief which God sent to his captives in Babylon, when they had a discharge from their bondage there, are here foretold, as a type and figure of all those consolations of God which are treasured up for the church in general and all believers in particular, in the covenant of grace. I. Look back to former troubles, and in comparison with them God's favours to his people appear very comfortable, Isa. 54:6-8. Observe, 1. How sorrowful the church's condition had been.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:5

For thy Maker is thine Husband ,.... That is, Christ, the Husband of the church, and of every true believer; who secretly betrothed them to himself in eternity, having asked him of his father; and, being given to him, openly espouses them in conversion, one by one, as a chaste virgin; which he will do more publicly in a body at the last day, when the marriage of the Lamb will be come, when he will appear as the bridegroom of his people; and to which character he acts up, by loving them... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:6

For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit ,.... That has lost her husband by death, is solitary upon it, is like one forsaken, and mourns for the loss of him; or is forsaken by a living husband, rejected by him, having a bill of divorce from him, and so she grieves at his unkindness to her, and the reproach cast upon her; as such an one was the church when it was first constituted, when the members of which it consisted were called out of the world by the grace... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:7

For a small moment have I forsaken thee ,.... The people of God seem to be forsaken by him when he hides his face from them, as it is afterwards explained; when they are in distress, and he does not immediately appear for them; when they are afflicted in body and mind, though these afflictions are but for a moment; nor are they really forsaken, not as to things temporal or spiritual; God never forsakes the work of his own hands, nor his people, at least for ever, or so as that they shall... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:8

In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ,.... This signifies much the same as before, when God hides his face from his people, withdraws his gracious presence, and does not grant the discoveries of his love; or they are under the frowns of his providence, and have not the smiles of his face and the light of his countenance as formerly, then they think they are forsaken by him; though all this is but for a moment, a small period of time; and though it seems to be in "wrath", it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 54:7

For a small moment "In a little anger" - So the Chaldee and Syriac, either reading רגז regaz , for רגע rega ; or understanding the latter word as meaning the same with the former, which they both make use of. See Psalm 30:5 ; Psalm 35:20 , in the Septuagint, where they render רגע rega by οργη , anger. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 54:8

I hid my face from thee for a moment - The word רגע rega is omitted by the Septuagint, Syriac, and two MSS. of Kennicott's, and two of De Rossi's. It seems to embarrass rather than to help the sentence. Forte reponi debet pro שצף shetseph , quod potest a קצף ketseph errore scribae originem duxisse. "Perhaps it ought to be substituted for שצף shetseph , an error probably made by some scribe from its similarity to קצף ketseph ." - Secker Thy Redeemer - גאלך goalech ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:1-6

The relation of the Church to God that of a wife to her husband. The analogy set forth by the prophet in the first six verses of this chapter is one to which equal prominence is given in the Old Testament and the New. It forms the basis of one entire book of the Old Scriptures—the Canticles, or Song of Solomon. It pervades the whole teaching of the prophets, which declares apostasy from God to be "adultery" ( Isaiah 57:3-5 ; Jeremiah 3:9 ; Jeremiah 5:7 ; Jeremiah 13:27 ; Jeremiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:1-10

A PROMISE TO ISRAEL OF GREAT INCREASE , AND OF GOD 'S PERSISTENT PROTECTION . There is no close connection between this chapter and the last, or even between this section and the preceding. Isaiah 54:1-5 take up the thought of Isaiah 49:19-21 , and expand it. Israel is assured of a great enlargement of her numbers, and bidden to rejoice thereat. She is then further comforted with a promise that she shall never be forsaken ( Isaiah 49:6-10 ). read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 54:1-5

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 54:6-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 54:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 54:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:1-10

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