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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
• 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.

Context of Isaiah 54:11

9“For this is like the days of Noah to Me, When I swore that the waters of Noah Would not flood the earth again; So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you Nor rebuke you. 10For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My favor will not be removed from you, Nor will My covenant of peace be shaken,” Says the Lord who has compassion on you. “Afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted, Behold, I will set your stones in antimony, And I will lay your foundations with sapphires. 12Moreover, I will make your battlements of rubies, And your gates of crystal, And your entire wall of precious stones. 13All your sons will be taught by the Lord; And the well-being of your sons will be great.

Isaiah 54:11 word by word

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

• Afflictedעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• storm-tossedסָעַרsâ‛ar · to rageH5590
• not comfortedנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• I will setרָבַץrâbats · to stretchH7257
• your stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• in antimonyפּוּךְpûk · antimonyH6320
• layיָסַדyâsad · to foundH3245
• sapphiresסַפִּירsappîyr · sapphireH5601

Cross-references for Isaiah 54:11

• Isaiah 54:6For 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.
• Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, “The Lord has abandoned me, And the Lord has forgotten me.”
• Isaiah 51:17Pull yourself up! Pull yourself up! Arise, Jerusalem! You who have drunk from the Lord’s hand the cup of His anger; The chalice of staggering you have drunk to the dregs.
• Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion; Clothe yourself with your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city; For the uncircumcised and the unclean Will no longer come into you.
• Isaiah 60:15“Whereas you have been forsaken and hated With no one passing through, I will make you an object of pride forever, A joy from generation to generation.
• Exodus 2:23Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God.
• Exodus 3:2Then the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not being consumed.
• Deuteronomy 31:17Then My anger will be kindled against them on that day, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will find them; so they will say on that day, ‘Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have found us?’
• Psalms 34:19The afflictions of the righteous are many, But the Lord rescues him from them all.
• Psalms 129:1“Many times they have attacked me from my youth up,” Let Israel say,
• Jeremiah 30:17For I will restore you to health And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares the Lord, ‘Because they have called you an outcast, saying: “It is Zion; no one cares for her.”’
• John 16:20Truly, truly I say to you that you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy!
• Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, “It is through many tribulations that 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 was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child.
• Matthew 8:24And behold, a violent storm developed on the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves; but Jesus Himself 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