Enlarge the place of thy tent, that it may be capable of the Gentiles, which shall flock to thee in great numbers, and desire to associate themselves with thee. Let them, those to whom that work belongs, stretch forth. The meaning is, they must and shall be stretched out. Lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes, that they may be able to support that great weight which the tents this enlarged shall be upon them.
ENLARGE THE PLACE OF THY TENT - The same idea occurs in Isaiah 49:19 (see the notes at that chapter). The curtains of thy habitations. The word ‘curtain’ does not quite express the sense here. It is c...
CHAPTER 54 ISRAEL CALLED TO SING 1. _The blessings of restoration (Isaiah 54:1) _ 2. _Mercy bestowed (Isaiah 54:7) _ 3. _The earthly glory of Jerusalem (Isaiah 54:11) _ 4. Jehovah keeps and defends Hi...
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...
STAKES. tent-pegs....
The ideal Zion is called upon to rejoice in the multitude of her children. As in ch. Isaiah 49:21, the children are conceived as already born, and waiting to be acknowledged by their mother. _more are...
The idea of the verse is expressed in Isaiah 49:20-21; for the figure of the tent (in an opposite sense) cf. Jeremiah 10:20. The _curtains_are the tent-hangings (Jeremiah 49:29;...
ENLARGE THE PLACE OF THY TENT— The same figure and idea recur; chap. Isaiah 33:20 which, together with the following references, will sufficiently explain the present passage: chap. Isaiah 43:5; Isaia...
VIII. COMMUNION THROUGH GOD'S COVENANT Chapter S 54-59 A. WED TO THE LORD IN COVENANT RELATIONSHIP CHAPTER 54 1. RECONCILED TEXT: Isaiah 54:1-8 1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break f...
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; ENLARGE THE PLACE OF THY TENT - (Isaiah 49:19;...
The figure is that of a tent which must be enlarged to take in increasing numbers (Isaiah 33:20). The ultimate fulfilment is seen in the extension of the religion of Zion so as to embrace the nations...
1. MARRIED WIFE] referring to the days of Jerusalem's prosperity....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 54 THE NUMBER OF GOD’S PEOPLE WILL INCREASE VASTLY V1 (The *Lord speaks) ‘Sing for joy...
The soft sides (walls) of the tent are called ‘curtains’. This refers to the manner that the walls of ancient tents hung down. They hung straight down from beams or ropes (strings) like curtains. Tent...
ENLARGE THE PLACE OF THY TENT. — Interesting parallels are found in Isaiah 33:20; Jeremiah 10:20....
הַרְחִ֣יבִי ׀ מְקֹ֣ום אָהֳלֵ֗ךְ וִ ירִיעֹ֧ות מִשְׁכְּנֹותַ֛יִךְ...
BOOK 4 THE RESTORATION WE have now reached the summit of our prophecy. It has been a long, steep ascent, and we have had very much to seek out on the way, and to extricate and solve and load ourselv...
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 c...
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 re...
(c) Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them extend the curtains of thy habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; (c) Signifying that for the great number of children...
_Stakes, to receive so great a family. All the Israelites did not return, and it does not appear that many embraced their religion, as they have done that of Christ._...
2._Widen the place of thy tabernacles. _He continues his argument under other metaphors, and promises that the Lord will not only restore his Church, but will bestow upon her a condition far more exce...
Chapter 54 gives the result of these events to Jerusalem in those days. Jerusalem is looked at as barren and desolate, after having rejected Him who came to be her husband; but now, through that grace...
ENLARGE THE PLACE OF THY TENT,.... To which the church is compared, because of its uncertain and movable condition, being sometimes in one place, and sometimes in another; and because of its outward m...
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; Ver. 2. _Enlarye the place of thy tent._] Thus h...
_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 t...
Enlarge the place of thy tent, to make room for the increased number of spiritual children, AND LET THEM, the servants, STRETCH FORTH THE CURTAINS OF THINE HABITATIONS, the various sections which made...
THE LORD'S PROMISE TO RELIEVE ZION'S BARRENNESS...
1-5 Observe the low state of religion in the world, for a long time before Christianity was brought in. But by preaching the gospel, multitudes were converted from idols to the living God. This is ma...
Isaiah 54:2 Enlarge H7337 (H8685) place H4725 tent H168 out H5186 (H8686) curtains H3407 dwellings H4908 spare...
THE RESTORATION OF GOD'S ERRING WIFE (ISAIAH 54:1). In this chapter we have the gradual unfolding of the work of the Servant. God will prosper His true people in the future so that they will multiply...
The precious promises, contained in this chapter, belong in the first place to the Church of God; but, as that which belongs to the Church, really belongs to every member of it, we shall not be acting...
Try and suck all the sweetness that you can out of this chapter while we read it. The personal application of a promise to the heart by the Holy Spirit is that which is wanted. The honey in Jonathan's...
Isaiah 54:1. _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...
Isaiah 54:1. _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...
CONTENTS: Israel as the restored wife of Jehovah in the Kingdom age. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: We may with greatest assurance depend upon God for the keeping of His covenant with His peop...
Isaiah 54:1. _Sing, oh barren, thou that didst not bear._ This prophecy is a song of praise, exulting in the assurance that the gentile world should be converted to Christ. The prophet saw it as alrea...
_Sing, O barren_ JERUSALEM: BARREN, THEN FRUITFUL The direct address refers to Jerusalem, which resembled Sarah in her early barrenness and later fruitfulness Isaiah 51:1). (_F. Delitzsch, D.D._) T...
_Enlarge the place of thy tent._ - AN ENLARGED CHURCH The Jewish nation, after its return from captivity, never attained so remarkable a degree of prosperity and power as fully to answer all the ter...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 54:1 The everlasting love of God will heal all his people’s sorrows, if they will accept the terms of his glorious grace. ⇐...
THE ASTONISHING INCREASE OF THE CHURCH (_Missionary Sermon_) Isaiah 54:1. _Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear, &c._ Vast accessions to the Church are here predicted. Consider— I. THE COMPARAT...
SECTION IV.—A RENEWAL OF PROMISES TO ISRAEL, COMBINED WITH EXHORTATION (CH. 54-56:8). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 54:1 A PROMISE TO ISRAEL O
Israel 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 chil...
Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 49:19; Isaiah 49:20; Jeremiah 10:20...
Enlarge — That it may be capable of the Gentiles, who shall flock to thee in great numbers. Strengthen — That they may be able to support that great weight which the tents thus enlarged, shall be upon...