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 waters of Noah to Me: for as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more cover the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor will I rebuke you. 10Though the mountains depart and the hills be shaken, My love will not depart from you, nor will My covenant of peace be shaken, says Adonai who has compassion on you. Afflicted one, storm-tossed, unconsoled, behold, I set your stones in antimony, lay your foundations with sapphires, 12make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of crystal, and all your walls of precious stones. 13All your children will be taught by Adonai. Your children will have great shalom.

Isaiah 54:11 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• O thou afflictedעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• tossed with tempestסָעַרsâ‛ar · to rageH5590
• not comfortedנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• behold, I will layרָבַץrâbats · to stretchH7257
• thy stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• with fair coloursפּוּךְpûk · antimonyH6320
• and lay thy foundationsיָסַדyâsad · to foundH3245
• with sapphiresסַפִּירsappîyr · sapphireH5601

Cross-references for Isaiah 54:11

• Isaiah 54:6“For Adonai has called you back like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like a wife of one’s youth that is rejected,” says your God.
• Isaiah 49:14But Zion said: “Adonai has forsaken me, Adonai has forgotten me.”
• Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem! From Adonai’s hand you have drunk the cup of His fury, the chalice of reeling that you have drained to the dregs.
• Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake! Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion! Clothe yourself in beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for the uncircumcised and the unclean will never invade you again.
• Isaiah 60:15Instead of deserted and hated, no one passing through, I will make you an eternal pride, joy from generation to generation.
• Exodus 2:23Now it came about over the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. Bnei-Yisrael groaned because of their slavery. They cried out and their cry from slavery went up to God.
• Exodus 3:2Then the angel of Adonai appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. So he looked and saw the bush burning with fire, yet it was not consumed.
• Deuteronomy 31:17Then My anger will flare against them on that day, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them. So they will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come on them. They will say on that day, ‘Isn’t it because our God is not among us that these evils have come on us?’
• Psalms 34:19Adonai is close to the brokenhearted, and saves those crushed in spirit.
• Psalms 129:1A Song of Ascents. “How many times they have been hostile to me, even from my youth” —let Israel now say—
• Jeremiah 30:17For I will restore health to you and will heal you of your wounds.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “For they called you an outcast: ‘Zion—no one cares about her.’”
• John 16:20Amen, amen I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will celebrate. You will be filled with sorrow, but your sorrow will turn to joy!
• Acts 14:22They were strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in faith, and saying, “It is through many persecutions 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, dressed in sackcloth.”
• Revelation 12:13Now when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he stalked the woman who had given birth to the male child.
• Matthew 8:24Suddenly a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves. But Yeshua kept on sleeping.

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