Isaiah 54:7-10 NIV

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 54:7

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:9

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me ,.... Some copies, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe, read these two words, כי מי , as one, thus, כימי , "as the days of Noah"; and this is followed by the Targum, Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions; both readings may be kept, and joined in one, and the sense be, "for this is as the waters that were in the days of Noah unto me"; so Kimchi and Menachem join them. The meaning is, that God's dispensation towards his people, at the time the prophecy... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:10

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed ,.... As sometimes by earthquakes, and as they will at the last day, when the earth shall be dissolved, and all in it, things the most solid, firm, and durable: it may be understood comparatively; sooner shall these depart and be removed than the kindness and covenant of God: it may be interpreted figuratively of revolutions in kingdoms and states, and particularly of the abolition of Paganism in the times of Constantine; and which is... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 54:9

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me "The same will I do now, as in the days of Noah" - כימי kimey , in one word, in a MS., and some editions; and so the Syriac, Chaldee, Vulgate, Symmachus, Theodotion, Abarbanel, Sal. ben Melec, and Kimchi acknowledge that their copies vary in this place. It is certain that these two words מי כי ki mey , were written formerly as one. Taken as two מי כי ki mey , they signify for as the waters - when as one, כימי kimey , they signify as... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:1-17

The future of the Church. "The person addressed is the ideal Zion, who is practically identical with the ideal or spiritual Israel." I. HER FRUITFULNESS . Nothing to an Israelitish mind can suggest more forcibly the idea of desolation and sorrow in a nation or spiritual community than the childless woman. Historically , the restored exiles may be referred to; physically and to some extent spiritually Israelites, but, while on a foreign soil, and unbaptized with the Spirit,... read more

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 54:10

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 54:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 54:1-17

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