Isaiah 54:7

Isaiah 54:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
• New International Version (NIV)“For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For a mere moment I have forsaken you, But with great mercies I will gather you.

Context of Isaiah 54:7

5For your husband is the one who made you – the Lord who commands armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called “God of the entire earth.” 6“Indeed, the Lord will call you back like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, like a young wife when she has been rejected,” says your God. “For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you. 8In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your protector, the Lord. 9“As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah’s time, when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood would never again cover the earth. In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.

Isaiah 54:7 word by word

בְּרֶ֥גַע קָטֹ֖ן עֲזַבְתִּ֑יךְ וּבְרַחֲמִ֥ים גְּדֹלִ֖ים אֲקַבְּצֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For a smallקָטֹןqâţân qâţôn · smallH6996
• momentרֶ֫גַעrega‛ · momentH7281
• have I forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• thee; but with greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• merciesרַחֲמִיםracham · compassionH7356
• will I gatherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908

Cross-references for Isaiah 54:7

• Isaiah 26:20Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms! Close your doors behind you! Hide for a little while, until his angry judgment is over!
• Isaiah 60:10Foreigners will rebuild your walls; their kings will serve you. Even though I struck you down in my anger, I will restore my favor and have compassion on you.
• Psalms 30:5For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.
• 2 Corinthians 4:17For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison
• 2 Peter 3:8Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.
• Isaiah 11:11At that time the sovereign master will again lift his hand to reclaim the remnant of his people from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the seacoasts.
• Isaiah 27:12At that time the Lord will shake the tree, from the Euphrates River to the Stream of Egypt. Then you will be gathered up one by one, O Israelites.
• Isaiah 40:11Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
• Isaiah 43:5Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. From the east I will bring your descendants; from the west I will gather you.
• Isaiah 56:8The sovereign Lord says this, the one who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will still gather them up.”
• Isaiah 60:4Look all around you! They all gather and come to you – your sons come from far away and your daughters are escorted by guardians.
• Isaiah 66:18“I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; they will come and witness my splendor.
• Deuteronomy 30:3the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he has scattered you.
• Psalms 106:47Deliver us, O Lord, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.
• Ezekiel 36:24“‘I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land.
• Micah 4:6“In that day,” says the Lord, “I will gather the lame, and assemble the outcasts whom I injured.

Commentaries on Isaiah 54:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7For a small moment "In a little anger" - So the Chaldee and Syriac, either reading רגז regaz, for רגע rega ; or understanding the latter word as meaning the same with the former, which they both make use of. See Psalm 30:5; Psalm 35:20, in the Septuagint, where they render רגע rega by , anger.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For a small moment - The Chaldee and Syriac render this, In a little anger.‘ Lowth has adopted this, but without sufficient authority. The Hebrew means, For a little moment;‘ a very short time. The reference here is probably to the captivity at Babylon, when they were apparently forsaken by Yahweh. Though to them this appeared long, yet compared with their subsequent prosperity, it was but an instant of time. Though this had probably a primary reference…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. 77. small moment--as compared with Israel's coming long prosperity (Is 26:20; 60:10). So the spiritual Israel (Psa 30:5; 2Co 4:17). gather thee--to Myself from thy dispersions.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 54:7

• Afflictions and Adversities
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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