Isaiah 54:2

Isaiah 54:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
• New International Version (NIV)“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Enlarge the place of your tent, And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, And strengthen your stakes.

Context of Isaiah 54:2

1Sing with joy, you childless women who never gave birth to children. Break into shouts of joy, you women who never had birth pains. “There will be more children of women who have been deserted than there are children of married women,” says the Lord. Expand the space of your tent. Stretch out the curtains of your tent, and don’t hold back. Lengthen your tent ropes, and drive in the tent pegs. 3You will spread out to the right and left. Your descendants will take over other nations, and they will resettle deserted cities. 4Don’t be afraid, because you won’t be put to shame. Don’t be discouraged, because you won’t be disgraced. You’ll forget the shame you’ve had since you were young. You won’t remember the disgrace of your husband’s death anymore.

Isaiah 54:2 word by word

הַרְחִ֣יבִי׀ מְק֣וֹם אָהֳלֵ֗ךְ וִירִיע֧וֹת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתַ֛יִךְ יַטּ֖וּ אַל־תַּחְשֹׂ֑כִי הַאֲרִ֙יכִי֙ מֵֽיתָרַ֔יִךְ וִיתֵדֹתַ֖יִךְ חַזֵּֽקִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Enlargeרָחַבrâchab · to enlargeH7337
• the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• of thy tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• and let them stretch forthנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• the curtainsיְרִיעָהyerîy‛âh · curtainH3407
• of thine habitationsמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• spareחָשַׂךְchâώak · to withholdH2820
• not, lengthenאָרַךְ'ârak · to prolongH748
• thy cordsמֵיתָרmêythâr · cordH4340
• and strengthenחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• thy stakesיָתֵדyâthêd · pegH3489

Cross-references for Isaiah 54:2

• Isaiah 33:20Look at Zion, the city of our festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem as a peaceful place. It is a tent that can’t be moved. Its tent pegs will never be pulled out, and none of its ropes will be broken.
• Isaiah 49:19Though you are destroyed and demolished and your land is in ruins, you will be too crowded for ⌞your⌟ people now. Those who devoured you will be long gone.
• Jeremiah 10:20My tent is destroyed, and all my ropes are broken. My children have left me and have disappeared. There’s no one to set up my tent again or put up my tent curtains.

Commentaries on Isaiah 54:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Enlarge the place of thy tent - The same idea occurs in Isaiah 49:19-20 (see the notes at that chapter). The curtains of thy habitations. The word curtain‘ does not quite express the sense here. It is commonly with us used to denote the cloth hanging round. a bed or at a window, which may be spread or drawn aside at pleasure, or the hanging in theaters to conceal the stage from the spectators. The word here, however, denotes the canopy or cloth used in a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3The prophet encourages Jerusalem, likened to a barren woman, to rejoice because its fate was changing very quickly. She would have so many children that she would outgrow her home (see Galatians 4:27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. (Is 49:19, 20; Jr 31:31-36, 38, 39). Thy children shall be so many that thy borders must be extended to contain them. curtains--the cloth forming the covering of the tent. spare not--give abundantly the means for the enlargement of the Church (2Co 9:5-7). cords ... stakes--The more the tent is enlarged by lengthening the cords by which the cloth covering is fastened to the ground, the more the stakes supporting the tent need to be strengthened; the…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 54:2

• Church
• Cord
• Curtains
• Gentiles
• Heathen
• Righteous

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• Tent

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