Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Isaiah 54:10
For the mountains shall depart - (See the notes at Isaiah 51:6).
The covenant of my peace - That is, the covenant by which I promise peace and prosperity to thee.
For the mountains shall depart - (See the notes at Isaiah 51:6).
The covenant of my peace - That is, the covenant by which I promise peace and prosperity to thee.
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...
Comp. Psalms 46:2 f.; Habakkuk 3:6. The first sentence may be rendered concessively: THOUGH THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD REMOVE AND THE HILLS BE SHAKEN, YET &c. my _covenant of peace_ (R.V.) Ezekiel 34:25;...
The permanence of the new covenant relation is illustrated first by the promise made to Noah, of which the rainbow is the perpetual token, and then by the steadfastness of the unchanging hills. _For t...
DISCOURSE: 978 GOD’S FAITHFULNESS TO HIS COVENANT ENGAGEMENTS Isaiah 54:6. The Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy G...
FOR THIS IS AS THE WATERS OF NOAH— To confirm the promise above given, a beautiful emblem taken from the deluge is here set forth; for, as God then swore that the waters should no more cover the earth...
2. REGALED TEXT: Isaiah 54:9-17 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth wi...
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. FOR...
1. MARRIED WIFE] referring to the days of Jerusalem's prosperity....
COVENANT.. PEACE] RM 'covenant of peace.'...
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...
FOR THE MOUNTAINS SHALL DEPART. — Better, “_may_ depart.” The same bold hyperbole is found in Psalms 46:3; Jeremiah 31:36; Matthew 24:35. THE COVENANT OF MY PEACE. — The phrase is taken from...
כִּ֤י הֶֽ הָרִים֙ יָמ֔וּשׁוּ וְ הַ גְּבָעֹ֖ות
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...
10._For the mountains shall indeed be moved. _He confirms the former statement, and declares that sooner shall the whole world be turned upside down, than his mercy shall fail. It would be idle to put...
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...
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, fi...
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. Ver. 1...
_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...
For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, although the most awful cataclysms of nature should occur, so that the very foundations of the earth are shaken, BUT MY KINDNESS SHALL NOT DEPA...
The Lord's Promise of Eternal Love and Faithfulness...
6-10 As God is slow to anger, so he is swift to show mercy. And how sweet the returns of mercy would be, when God should come and comfort them! He will have mercy on them. God's gathering his people...
THE MOUNTAINS SHALL DEPART, AND THE HILLS BE REMOVED; which hath been verified in some mountains and hills, that by earthquakes, or otherwise, have been removed from their places. But these kind of ab...
Isaiah 54:10 mountains H2022 depart H4185 (H8799) hills H1389 removed H4131 (H8799) kindness H2617 depart H4185 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken_ GOD IS LOVE None of those who came before the Lord Jesus ventured to define God as love. But it does not follow, as we sometimes assume, that the...
_For the mountains shall depart_ MOUNTAINS STABLE, YET CRUMBLING Those who have been reared and nurtured among the everlasting hills always look upon them as old friends. To them there is in mountai...
_For a small moment have I forsaken thee_ AFFLICTION CONSOLATION This is a word of blessed comfort from One who is able to give it. Here is-- I. TEMPORARY AFFLICTION. Observe-- 1. Its Author. “I...
_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...
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. ⇐...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 54:10 God’s LOVE for his people is much greater than his wrath, and it is eternally unchanging. MY COVENANT OF PEACE. See...
LITTLE WRATH AND EVERLASTING KINDNESS Isaiah 54:7. _For a small moment have I forsaken thee, &c._ This precious passage is the property of all true believers in Christ (Isaiah 54:17). The people of G...
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...
2 Peter 3:10; 2 Samuel 23:5; Ephesians 2:4; Ephesians 2:5; Hebrews
The mountains — Shall sooner depart from their places than any kindness shall depart from thee. The covenant — That covenant whereby I have made peace and friendship with thee, and have promised to th...