New American Standard Bible 2020
Isaiah 54:8
8In an 12outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, But with everlasting 3favor I will 4have compassion on you,” Says the Lord your 5Redeemer.
Isaiah 54:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
- New International Version (NIV)In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord your Redeemer.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you," says the Lord, your Redeemer.
- New King James Version (NKJV)With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,” Says the Lord, your Redeemer.
Context of Isaiah 54:8
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. 7“For a brief moment I abandoned you, But with great compassion I will gather you. In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, But with everlasting favor I will have compassion on you,” Says the Lord your Redeemer. 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.
Read all of Isaiah 54Isaiah 54:8 word by word
בְּשֶׁ֣צֶף קֶ֗צֶף הִסְתַּ֨רְתִּי פָנַ֥י רֶ֙גַע֙ מִמֵּ֔ךְ וּבְחֶ֥סֶד עוֹלָ֖ם רִֽחַמְתִּ֑יךְ אָמַ֥ר גֹּאֲלֵ֖ךְ יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
- outburstשֶׁ֫טֶףsheţeph shêţeph · floodH7858
- of angerקֶ֫צֶףqetseph · wrathH7110
- I hidסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
- My faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- from you for a momentרֶ֫גַעrega‛ · momentH7281
- But with everlastingעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
- favorחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
- haveרָחַםrâcham · to have compassionH7355
- Saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- Redeemerגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
Cross-references for Isaiah 54:8
- Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage And handed them over to you. You did not show mercy to them, On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.
- Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend forever, Nor will I always be angry; For the spirit would grow faint before Me, And the breath of those whom I have made.
- Zechariah 1:15But I am very angry with the nations who are carefree; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster.”
- Isaiah 8:17And I will wait for the Lord who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will wait eagerly for Him.
- Isaiah 45:15Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, God of Israel, Savior!
- Psalms 13:1How long, Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Psalms 27:9Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not abandon me nor forsake me, God of my salvation!
- Ezekiel 39:23The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their wrongdoing, because they were disloyal to Me, and I hid My face from them; so I handed them over to their adversaries, and all of them fell by the sword.
- Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David.
- Psalms 103:17But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting for those who fear Him, And His justice to the children’s children,
- Jeremiah 31:3The Lord appeared to him long ago, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you out with kindness.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,
- 1 Timothy 1:16Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost sinner Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
- Isaiah 54:5For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the Lord of armies; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth.
- Isaiah 48:17This is what the Lord says, He who is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to benefit, Who leads you in the way you should go.
- Isaiah 49:26I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh, And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And humanity will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Commentaries on Isaiah 54:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I hid my face from thee for a moment - The word רגע rega is omitted by the Septuagint, Syriac, and two MSS. of Kennicott's, and two of De Rossi's. It seems to embarrass rather than to help the sentence. Forte reponi debet pro שצף shetseph, quod potest a קצף ketseph errore scribae originem duxisse. "Perhaps it ought to be substituted for שצף shetseph, an error probably made by some scribe from its similarity to קצף ketseph ." - Secker Thy Redeemer - גאלך…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8In a little wrath - The Syriac renders this, In great wrath.‘ The Vulgate, In a moment of indignation.‘ The Septuagint, In a little wrath.‘ (Noyes renders it in accordance with the view of Rosenmuller, In overflowing wrath.‘ This variety of interpretation has arisen from the various meanings affixed to the unusual word שׁצף shetsep This word occurs nowhere else in the Bible. Gesenius supposes that it is used for the sake of paronomasia with קצף qetsep…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. 7-8The pain of separation would be brief compared to the depth of the renewal of love and compassion. The Lord abandoned Israel in exile for a little while because of the people’s sins. everlasting kindness: The Lord is always committed to his people, making the 70-year exile seem brief (see Isaiah 25:1; Hosea 2:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. In a little wrath--rather, "In the overflowing of wrath"; as Pr 27:4, Margin, [Gesenius]. The wrath, though but "for a moment," was overflowing while it lasted. hid ... face--(Is 8:17; Psa 30:7). everlasting--in contrast to "for a moment."Read the comment
Topics related to Isaiah 54:8
In the dictionaries
Notes
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
New American Standard Bible 2020 — © 1960–2020 The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.
Commentaries