Isaiah 54:5

Isaiah 54:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• New International Version (NIV)For your Maker is your husband— the Lord Almighty is his name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For your Maker is your husband, The Lord of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth.

Context of Isaiah 54:5

3The borders of your land will be wider in all directions. Your descendants will take land from other nations. They will live in the cities that had become empty. 4Do not be afraid. You will not be ashamed again. Do not be frightened of shame. Nobody will make you ashamed. You will forget the shame which you had when you were young. You will forget that you were ashamed to be alone, like a widow. Now your Maker is your husband. His name is the Lord Almighty. Israel's Holy God is your Redeemer. He is called, ‘The God who rules the whole earth’. 6‘The Lord will now call you to come back to him. You have been like a wife who was very upset, because her husband has left her. You have been like a wife who married when she was young, and her husband sent her away.’ That is what your God says. 7‘For a short time I went away from you. But now I will bring you back to myself, because I feel very sorry for you.

Isaiah 54:5 word by word

כִּ֤י בֹעֲלַ֙יִךְ֙ עֹשַׂ֔יִךְ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמ֑וֹ וְגֹֽאֲלֵךְ֙ קְד֣וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֱלֹהֵ֥י כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ יִקָּרֵֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thy Makerעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• thine husbandבָּעַלbâ‛al · rule: to marryH1166
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• his nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• and thy Redeemerגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
• the Holy Oneקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• The Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of the whole earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall he be calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121

Cross-references for Isaiah 54:5

• Psalms 45:10Royal daughter, listen to me. Listen carefully to what I am saying. Forget your people and your family.
• Jeremiah 3:14The Lord says, ‘Return to me, you people who have turned away. Remember that you belong to me. If you turn back to me, I will choose one of you from each town and two from each family. I will bring you safely back to Zion.
• Ezekiel 16:8Later, I saw you again as I went that way. I saw that you had become a woman who was old enough to marry. So I covered your bare body with my coat. I promised to marry you. I made a covenant with you so that you became my wife. That is what the Almighty Lord says.
• Hosea 2:19Israel, I will make you my wife for ever. I will promise to help you in a way that is right and fair. I will be kind to you with a faithful love.
• John 3:29When a man marries a wife, she belongs to him. The man's special friend listens carefully. He wants to know when the man will arrive. That friend is very happy when he hears the man's voice. I am like that friend, so I am completely happy now.
• 2 Corinthians 11:2God wants to keep you for himself. And that is what I want too. I have brought you to Christ, like a pure bride who marries one husband. I want you to be pure and to belong only to him.
• Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church. He even agreed to die on its behalf.
• Isaiah 48:2Your people are proud to say that they live in the holy city. They trust in Israel's God, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
• Isaiah 51:15Remember that I am the Lord your God. I shake the sea so that its waves roar! My name is the Lord Almighty.
• Jeremiah 10:16The God that Jacob's descendants worship is not like those idols. He created everything. He chose the Israelites as the people who would belong to him. His name is the Lord Almighty.
• Jeremiah 51:19The God that Jacob's descendants worship is not like those idols. He created everything. He chose Israel's people to belong to him. His name is the Lord Almighty.
• Luke 1:32He will be great. People will call him the Son of the powerful God who is over all. The Lord God will make him king. He will rule as his ancestor King David ruled.
• Zechariah 14:9The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day, there will be only one Lord and he will have only one name.
• Romans 3:29God is not God only for Jewish people. He is also God for the Gentiles. Yes! He is the God for all people.
• Revelation 11:15The seventh angel made a sound with his trumpet. Then there was the sound of loud voices in heaven. They shouted: ‘Our Lord God and his Messiah now have all authority! The whole world has become their kingdom. God will rule as King for ever!’

Commentaries on Isaiah 54:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For thy Maker is thine husband - Both these words, maker‘ and husband,‘ in the Hebrew are in the plural number. But the form is evidently the pluralis excellentiae - a form denoting majesty and honor (see 1 Samuel 19:13, 1 Samuel 19:16; Psalm 149:2; Proverbs 9:10; Proverbs 30:3; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Hosea 12:1). Here it refers to Yahweh of hosts,‘ necessarily in the singular, as Yahweh is one Deuteronomy 6:4. No argument can be drawn from this phrase to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5husband … Maker: The Lord committed to the abandoned woman (his people in exile) as her maker (Isaiah 44:24) and husband (see also Isaiah 62:4–5; Hosea 2:19–20). The Redeemer transforms misery into freedom and fulfillment (see also Isaiah 41:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. (Is 62:5; Jr 3:14). That God was Israel's "Maker," both as individuals and as the theocratic kingdom, is the pledge of assurance that He will be her Redeemer (Is 43:1-3). Hebrew, "makers ... husbands"; plural for singular, to denote excellency. of Israel ... whole earth--Not until He manifests Himself as God of Israel shall He appear as God of the whole earth (Psa 102:13, 15, 16; Zec 14:5, 9).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 54:5

• Church
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• Husband
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• Marriage
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In the dictionaries

• God
• Israel
• Maker
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Holy One
• Lord of Hosts
• Cord
• Creation

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