Isaiah 54:3

Isaiah 54:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, and your offspring will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For you shall expand to the right and to the left, And your descendants will inherit the nations, And make the desolate cities inhabited.

Context of Isaiah 54:3

1Exult, thou barren, that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and shout for joy, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah. 2Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess nations, and they shall make desolate cities to be inhabited. 4Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. 5For thy Maker is thy husband: Jehovah of hosts is his name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Isaiah 54:3 word by word

כִּי־יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹ֖אול תִּפְרֹ֑צִי וְזַרְעֵךְ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם יִירָ֔שׁ וְעָרִ֥ים נְשַׁמּ֖וֹת יוֹשִֽׁיבוּ׃Read the interlinear

• spreadפָּרַץpârats · to break throughH6555
• rightיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• handיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: possessH3423
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• makeשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• inhabitedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Isaiah 54:3

• Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the end of days, [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it.
• Isaiah 11:9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
• Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the dry land shall be gladdened; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
• Isaiah 42:1Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect [in whom] my soul delighteth! I will put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.
• Isaiah 43:5Fear not, for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
• Isaiah 49:12Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
• Isaiah 60:3And the nations shall walk by thy light, and kings by the brightness of thy rising.
• Genesis 49:10The sceptre will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples.
• Psalms 72:8And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
• Romans 9:25As he says also in Hosea, I will call not-my-people My people; and the-not-beloved Beloved.
• Romans 10:18But I say, Have they not heard? Yea, surely, Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the extremities of the habitable world.
• Romans 11:12But if their fall [be the] world's wealth, and their loss [the] wealth of [the] nations, how much rather their fulness?
• Colossians 1:23if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which [is] under heaven, of which I Paul became minister.
• Isaiah 49:18Lift up thine eyes round about and behold: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt indeed clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and bind them on as a bride doth.
• Isaiah 55:5Behold, thou shalt call a nation thou knowest not, and a nation [that] knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of Jehovah thy God, and the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
• Isaiah 60:10And the sons of the alien shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee. For in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

Commentaries on Isaiah 54:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For thou shalt break forth - (See the notes at Isaiah 49:19-20). And make the desolate cities - (See the notes at Isaiah 44:26).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The descendants of Israel (compare Isaiah 53:10) would take over other nations, fulfilling God's promise to Abraham (Genesis 22:17) and Jacob (Genesis 28:14). As desolation occurred (Isaiah 6:11; 14:21), God's people would inherit the earth and rebuild the ruined cities (51:6; 52:10; 65:17; see also Matthew 5:5; Romans 4:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. break forth--rather, "burst forth" with increase; thy offspring shall grow, answering to "thy seed" in the parallel clause. thy seed--Israel and her children, as distinguished from "the Gentiles." desolate cities--of Israel (Is 44:26).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 54:3

• Church
• Gentiles
• Heathen
• Righteous

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Commentaries on Isaiah 54

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings