Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 54:7
7“For a brief moment I deserted you, but I will regather you with great compassion.
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 Maker is your husband —Adonai-Tzva’ot is His Name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called God of all the earth. 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. “For a brief moment I deserted you, but I will regather you with great compassion. 8In a surge of anger I hid My face from you a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says Adonai your Redeemer. 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.
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בְּרֶ֥גַע קָטֹ֖ן עֲזַבְתִּ֑יךְ וּבְרַחֲמִ֥ים גְּדֹלִ֖ים אֲקַבְּצֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 54:7
- Isaiah 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide for a little while, until the wrath is past.
- Isaiah 60:10Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you. For in My fury I struck you, but in My favor I will show you mercy.
- Psalms 30:5Sing praise to Adonai, His faithful ones, and praise His holy name.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17For our trouble, light and momentary, is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
- 2 Peter 3:8But don’t forget this one thing, loved ones, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.
- Isaiah 11:11It will also come about in that day that my Lord will again redeem— a second time with His hand— the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Isaiah 27:12It will come about in that day, Adonai will thresh from the channel of the River to the Wadi of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one, Bnei-Yisrael.
- Isaiah 40:11Like a shepherd, He tends His flock. He gathers the lambs in His arms carries them in his bosom, and gently guides nursing ewes.
- Isaiah 43:5Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
- Isaiah 56:8Adonai Elohim, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares, “I will gather still others to him, to those already gathered.”
- Isaiah 60:4Lift up your eyes and look all around: they all gather—they come to you— your sons will come from far away, your daughters carried on the hip.
- Isaiah 66:18“For I know their works and their thoughts. It will come about that I will gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
- Deuteronomy 30:3then Adonai your God will bring you back from captivity and have compassion on you, and He will return and gather you from all the peoples where Adonai your God has scattered you.
- Psalms 106:47Save us, Adonai our God, and gather us from the nations, so we may praise Your holy Name and triumph in Your praise.
- Ezekiel 36:24“‘For I will take you from the nations, gather you out of all the countries and bring you back to your own land.
- Micah 4:6“In that day” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “I will gather her who is limping, and her who was banished will I collect, even those whom I have afflicted.
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
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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
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