Isaiah 54:11

Isaiah 54:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
• New International Version (NIV)“Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with lapis lazuli.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“O you afflicted one, Tossed with tempest, and not comforted, Behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems, And lay your foundations with sapphires.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“O storm-battered city, troubled and desolate! I will rebuild you with precious jewels and make your foundations from lapis lazuli.

Context of Isaiah 54:11

9"This is like the days of Noah to me: as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, and will not rebuke you. 10For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you. "O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires. 12I will make your pinnacles of agate, your gates of carbuncles, and all your wall of precious stones. 13All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.

Isaiah 54:11 word by word

עֲנִיָּ֥ה סֹעֲרָ֖ה לֹ֣א נֻחָ֑מָה הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י מַרְבִּ֤יץ בַּפּוּךְ֙ אֲבָנַ֔יִךְ וִיסַדְתִּ֖יךְ בַּסַּפִּירִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O thou afflictedעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• tossed with tempestסָעַרsâ‛ar · to rageH5590
• not comfortedנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• behold, I will layרָבַץrâbats · to stretchH7257
• thy stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• with fair coloursפּוּךְpûk · antimonyH6320
• and lay thy foundationsיָסַדyâsad · to foundH3245
• with sapphiresסַפִּירsappîyr · sapphireH5601

Cross-references for Isaiah 54:11

• Isaiah 54:6For the Lord has called you like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God.
• Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me."
• Isaiah 51:17Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl, the cup of staggering.
• Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
• Isaiah 60:15Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you majestic forever, a joy from age to age.
• Exodus 2:23During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
• Exodus 3:2And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.
• Deuteronomy 31:17Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide my face from them, and they will be devoured. And many evils and troubles will come upon them, so that they will say in that day, 'Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?'
• Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
• Psalms 129:1"Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth"— let Israel now say—
• Jeremiah 30:17For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord, because they have called you an outcast: 'It is Zion, for whom no one cares!'
• John 16:20Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
• Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
• Revelation 11:3And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth."
• Revelation 12:13And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
• Matthew 8:24And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep.

Commentaries on Isaiah 54:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Behold, I will lay thy stones "Behold, I lay thy stones" - These seem to be general images to express beauty, magnificence, purity, strength, and solidity, agreeably to the ideas of the eastern nations; and to have never been intended to be strictly scrutinized, or minutely and particularly explained, as if they had each of them some precise, moral, or spiritual meaning. Tobit, in his prophecy of the final restoration of Israel, describes the New…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11O thou afflicted - In the previous verses, Yahweh had merely promised protection, and had in general terms assured them of his favor. Here he shows that they should not only be defended, but that his church would rise with great beauty, and be ornamented like a most splendid palace or temple. This is to be regarded as addressed primarily to the exiles in Babylon near to the close of their seventy years‘ captivity. But nothing forbids us to apply it to the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-17Verses 11-17 Let the people of God, when afflicted and tossed, think they hear God speaking comfortably to them by these words, taking notice of their griefs and fears. The church is all glorious when full of the knowledge of God; for none teaches like him. It is a promise of the teaching and gifts of the Holy Spirit. All that are taught of God are taught to love one another. This seems to relate especially to the glorious times to succeed the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The Lord himself would rebuild the city (see Hebrews 11:10). Sapphires are a semi-precious stone.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. not comforted--by anyone; none gave her help or comfort. lay ... with fair colours--rather, "lay ... in cement of vermilion" [Lowth]. The Hebrew for "fair colors" means stibium, the paint with which Eastern women painted their eyelids and eyelashes (2Ki 9:30). The very cement shall be of the most beautiful color (Re 21:18-21).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 54:11

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Church
• Righteous
• Sapphire
• Stones

In the dictionaries

• Cord
• Stones, Precious
• Architecture
• Color; Colors
• Ethics
• Fair
• Glistering
• Isaiah
• Lay; Laying
• Poor

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