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Isaiah 54:7 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 54 · verse 7
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.Isaiah 54:7 · King James Version
Isaiah 54:7 in context
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- forsakenʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
- merciesrachamcompassionH7356 →
- momentregaʻa winkH7281 →
- smallqâṭânabbreviatedH6996 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
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The seasonable succour and relief which God sent to his captives in Babylon, when they had a discharge from their bondage there, are here foretold, as a type and figure of all those consolations of God which are treasured up for the church in general and all believers in particular, in the covenant of grace. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-10