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Isaiah 54:5-7 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 54 · verses 5–7
5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. 6For 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. 7For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.Isaiah 54:5-7 · King James Version
Isaiah 54:5-7 in context
3For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
6For 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.
7For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8In 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.
9For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Commentary
Cross references
- Ephesians 5:25-27
- Hosea 2:19-20
- 2 Corinthians 11:2-3
- Isaiah 48:17
- Ezekiel 16:8
- Isaiah 62:4
- Psalms 30:5
- Micah 4:6
- 2 Peter 3:8
- Isaiah 26:20
Key words (Strong's)
- Redeemergâʼalto be the next of kinH1350 →
- forsakenʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
- husbandbâʻalto be masterH1166 →
- grievedʻâtsabproperly, to carveH6087 →
- refusedmâʼaçto spurnH3988 →
- merciesrachamcompassionH7356 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
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If we apply this to the state of the Jews after their return out of captivity, it is a prophecy of the increase of their nation after they were settled in their own land. Jerusalem had been in the condition of a wife written childless, or a desolate solitary widow;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5