Isaiah 54:6

Isaiah 54:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit— a wife who married young, only to be rejected,” says your God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord has called you Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Like a youthful wife when you were refused,” Says your God.

Context of Isaiah 54:6

4“Fear not, for you will not be put to shame; And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced; But you will forget the shame of your youth, And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. 5For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the Lord of hosts; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth. For the Lord has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,” Says your God. 7“For a brief moment I forsook you, But with great compassion I will gather you. 8In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you,” Says the Lord your Redeemer.

Isaiah 54:6 word by word

כִּֽי־כְאִשָּׁ֧ה עֲזוּבָ֛ה וַעֲצ֥וּבַת ר֖וּחַ קְרָאָ֣ךְ יְהוָ֑ה וְאֵ֧שֶׁת נְעוּרִ֛ים כִּ֥י תִמָּאֵ֖ס אָמַ֥ר אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear

• For the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• Like a wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• and grievedעָצַב‛âtsab · to hurtH6087
• in spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• youthנְעוּרִיםnâ‛ûr nâ‛ûr ne‛ûrâh · youthH5271
• whenכִּיkîy · forH3588
• she is rejectedמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• Saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Isaiah 54:6

• Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, And the Lord has forgotten me.”
• Isaiah 62:4It will no longer be said to you, “Forsaken,” Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “Desolate”; But you will be called, “My delight is in her,” And your land, “Married”; For the Lord delights in you, And to Him your land will be married.
• Hosea 2:1Say to your brothers, “Ammi,” and to your sisters, “Ruhamah.”
• Matthew 11:28“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
• 2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
• Proverbs 5:18Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
• Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun.
• Malachi 2:14Yet you say, ‘For what reason?’ Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Commentaries on Isaiah 54:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For the Lord hath called thee - This is designed to confirm and illustrate the sentiment in the previous verse. God there says that he would be a husband to his people. Here he says, that although he had for a time apparently forsaken them, as a husband who had forsaken his wife, and although they were cast down and dejected like a woman who had thus been forsaken, yet he would now restore them to favor. Hath called thee - That is, will have called thee…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-10Verses 6-10 As God is slow to anger, so he is swift to show mercy. And how sweet the returns of mercy would be, when God should come and comfort them! He will have mercy on them. God's gathering his people takes rise from his mercy, not any merit of theirs; and it is with great mercies, with everlasting kindness. The wrath is little, the mercies great; the wrath for a moment, the kindness everlasting. We are neither to despond under afflictions, nor to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-17Salvation flows from the vindication of the suffering servant. The promises mentioned here go beyond the return from Babylonian exile and apply to the coming of Jesus Christ, the extension of the kingdom to the church, the benefits of the second coming of Jesus Christ as the bridegroom of the church, and the new Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. called--that is, recalled: the prophetic past for the future. forsaken--that had been forsaken. when thou--or, "when she was rejected"; one who had been a wife of youth (Eze 16:8, 22, 60; Jr 2:2) at the time when (thou, or) she was rejected for infidelity [Maurer]. "A wife of youth but afterwards rejected" [Lowth].Read the comment

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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