On the right hand and on the left. — Comp. Genesis 28:14. Strictly speaking, the words indicate specially the north and the south, in relation to one who stands looking towards the East. Here, of course, they mean “on every side.” The words that follow have, like others, a lower or material and a higher or spiritual meaning.
FOR THOU SHALT BREAK FORTH - (See the notes at Isaiah 49:19). AND MAKE THE DESOLATE CITIES - (See the notes at Isaiah 44:26)....
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...
GENTILES. nations....
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 tent must be larger than of old, for the new community shall SPREAD ABROAD (cf. Genesis 28:14; Genesis 30:30; Genesis 30:43) on _the right hand and_on _the left_, i.e. in all directions. inherit t...
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...
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. FOR THOU SHALT BREAK FORTH ON THE RIGHT HAND AN...
BREAK FORTH] RV 'spread abroad.' MAKE THE DESOLATE CITIES, etc.] (cp. Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 61:4) i.e. reoccupy cities which had suffered from Babylonian invasions....
1. MARRIED WIFE] referring to the days of Jerusalem's prosperity....
While the people from Israel were *exiles in Babylon, foreigners took their property. Now the *Israelites will get it back. THE *LORD’S LOVE FOR ISRAEL V4 ‘Do not be afraid. You will not know shame...
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...
כִּי ־יָמִ֥ין וּ שְׂמֹ֖אול תִּפְרֹ֑צִי וְ זַר
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...
_Left. To the north and south. Jerusalem increased. But what was it compared with the Christians establishment!_...
3._Because thou shalt be multiplied. _Now follows the reason why he commanded the cords to be lengthened for enlarging the tents. It is, that a moderate space would not contain a numerous people, whom...
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 THOU SHALL BREAK FORTH ON THE RIGHT HAND AND ON THE LEFT,.... To the south, and to the north, as the Targum, like an inundation of water, that breaks through and overflows the banks of the river,...
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. Ver. 3. _For thou shalt break forth,_] _i.e., _ Br...
_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...
for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left, on account of the rapid increase in children of the Gospel; AND THY SEED SHALL INHERIT THE GENTILES, AND MAKE THE DESOLATE CITIES TO BE IN...
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...
THOU SHALT BREAK FORTH; thou shalt bring forth a multitude of children; for this word is commonly used of any great and extraordinary propagation of living creatures, whether beasts or men, GENESIS 30...
Isaiah 54:3 expand H6555 (H8799) right H3225 left H8040 descendants H2233 inherit H3423 (H8799) nations H1471 desolate
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...
_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...
_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 54:3 YOUR OFFSPRING WILL POSSESS THE NATIONS. See Genesis 22:17; Gene
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...
Colossians 1:23; Ezekiel 36:35; Ezekiel 36:36; Genesis 49:10;...
For — Thou shalt bring forth a multitude of children; for this word is commonly used of any extraordinary propagation of living creatures. On the left — On every side, in all the parts of the world. T...