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 Living Translation (NLT)For the Lord has called you back from your grief— as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,” says your God.

Context of Isaiah 54:6

4“Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame; For you will forget the shame of your youth, And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore. 5For your Maker is your husband, The Lord of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth. 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. 7“For a mere moment I have forsaken you, But with great mercies I will gather you. 8With 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.

Isaiah 54:6 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• thee as a womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• and grievedעָצַב‛âtsab · to hurtH6087
• in spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• of youthנְעוּרִיםnâ‛ûr nâ‛ûr ne‛ûrâh · youthH5271
• when thou wast refusedמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Isaiah 54:6

• Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, And my Lord has forgotten me.”
• Isaiah 62:4You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; For the Lord delights in you, And your land shall be married.
• Hosea 2:1Say to your brethren, ‘My people,’ And to your sisters, ‘Mercy is shown.’
• Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• 2 Corinthians 7:6Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,
• Proverbs 5:18Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice with the wife of your youth.
• Ecclesiastes 9:9Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.
• Malachi 2:14Yet you say, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been witness Between you and the wife of your youth, With whom you have dealt treacherously; Yet 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