Isaiah 54
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God’s Tender Love for Zion
1“Rejoice # 54:1 This verse begins with only two words in Hebrew: “barren” and “rejoice.” These are two ends of the emotional spectrum. Nothing brings sorrow like being barren. Yet God promises that even in our greatest sorrow there can be a song of joy. with singing, you barren one!
You who have never given birth,
burst into a song of joy and shout,
you who have never been in labor!
For the deserted wife will have more children
than the married one,” says Yahweh. # 54:1 This verse can be viewed as the remedy for spiritual barrenness—the song of triumph and the shout of joy! Spiritual barrenness is broken by the power of worship. Where God’s people are held back in worship, spiritual barrenness soon follows. Our worship has the power to bring new birth (salvation) into our congregations. Worship is a mighty force to influence the lost and bring new birth. See Gal. 4:27.
2“Increase is coming, so enlarge your tent
and add extensions to your dwelling. # 54:2 Or “stretch out the curtains of your dwelling.”
Hold nothing back! Make the tent ropes longer and the pegs stronger. # 54:2 Or “Lengthen your cords; make firm your tent pegs.”
3You will increase and spread out in every direction. # 54:3 Or “to the right and to the left.”
Your sons and daughters # 54:3 Or “Your seed,” the same Hebrew word found in 53:10 and Gen. 3:15. will conquer nations
and revitalize desolate cities.
4Do not fear, for your shame is no more.
Do not be embarrassed,
for you will not be disgraced.
You will forget the inadequacy you felt in your youth
and will no longer remember the shame of your widowhood.
5For your Maker is your husband;
his name is Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies!
Your Kinsman-Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel!
He has the title Mighty God of All the Earth! # 54:5 This amazing verse gives us seven names of God.
6For I, Yahweh, have invited you to come back
like a depressed, deserted wife.
Like a young wife who has experienced rejection,
I am drawing you back to me,” says Yahweh.
7“For just a brief moment I deserted you,
but with tender feelings of love
I will gather you back to me.
8In a surge of anger, for just the briefest moment,
I hid my face from you,
but with everlasting kindness,
I will show you my cherishing love,”
says Yahweh, your Kinsman-Redeemer.
9“To me, this is like the time when I vowed
that the waters of Noah’s flood
would never again cover the earth.
Now I vow to you that I will neither be angry with you
nor rebuke you.
10Even if the mountains were to crumble
and the hills disappear,
my heart of steadfast, faithful love
will never leave you,
and my covenant of peace # 54:10 This is the covenant of shalom that God has made with us, his people. God’s covenant promise is that his shalom (“peace,” “prosperity,” “success,” “wholeness,” and “well-being”) will be our portion all our days on earth. See Eph. 2:14. with you will never be shaken,”
says Yahweh,
whose love and compassion # 54:10 The Hebrew word for “compassion” (racham) means “to love deeply, like a mother’s love.” Racham is a homonym for “womb,” with an implication that God’s love is like the love of a mother carrying a child in her womb. will never give up on you.
God Will Restore
11“You unhappy one, storm-tossed and troubled, # 54:11 See Eph. 4:14.
I am ready to rebuild you with precious stones # 54:11 Or “I am about to set your stones in antimony.”
and your intimacy with me will be built on a foundation of sapphires. # 54:11 The sapphire stone was the second stone of the high priest’s breastplate and had engraved upon it the name Simeon (“he who hears”). Foundation stones cannot be seen, yet they support all that is built upon them. Our foundation is sapphire, the heavenly pavement.
12I will make your towers of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels, # 54:12 Or “beryl.”
and all your walls # 54:12 Or “border.” of precious, delightful stones.
13All your children will be taught by Yahweh, # 54:13 See John 6:45.
and great will be their peace and prosperity.
14You will be established in righteousness.
Oppression—be far from you! # 54:14 See Acts 10:38.
Fear—be far from you! # 54:14 See 2 Tim. 1:7.
Yes, terror will not come near you, nor will you be afraid.
15If anyone dares to stir up strife against you,
it is not from me!
Those who challenge you will go down in defeat.
16See, I am the one who created the craftsman
who fans the coals into a fire
and forges a weapon fit for its purpose,
and I am the one who created the destroyer to destroy.
17But I promise you,
no weapon meant to hurt you will succeed,
and you will refute # 54:17 Or “condemn.” every accusing word spoken against you.
This promise is the inheritance of Yahweh’s servants, # 54:17 In ch. 53 we learn about the Servant of the Lord (Jesus Christ): his humiliation, his death, and the glory that followed. Here we find the Servant has become many servants (plural), a corporate body of believers. The Son has become sons. From this point on, Isaiah’s focus finds its fulfillment in the corporate church and the glorious bride of Jesus Christ.
and their vindication # 54:17 Or “righteousness.” is from me,” says Yahweh.
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1 SING, O barren one, you who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child! For the [spiritual] children of the desolate one will be more than the children of the married wife, says the Lord. [Gal. 4:27.]
2 Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; spare not; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes,
3 For you will spread abroad to the right hand and to the left; and your offspring will possess the nations and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4 Fear not, for you shall not be ashamed; neither be confounded and depressed, for you shall not be put to shame. For you shall forget the shame of your youth, and you shall not [seriously] remember the reproach of your widowhood any more.
5 For your Maker is your Husband–the Lord of hosts is His name–and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth He is called.
6 For the Lord has called you like a woman forsaken, grieved in spirit, and heartsore–even a wife [wooed and won] in youth, when she is [later] refused and scorned, says your God.
7 For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion and mercy I will gather you [to Me] again.
8 In a little burst of wrath I hid My face from you for a moment, but with age-enduring love and kindness I will have compassion and mercy on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer.
9 For this is like the days of Noah to Me; as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
10 For though the mountains should depart and the hills be shaken or removed, yet My love and kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace and completeness be removed, says the Lord, Who has compassion on you.
11 O you afflicted [city], storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in fair colors [in antimony to enhance their brilliance] and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 And I will make your windows and pinnacles of [sparkling] agates or rubies, and your gates of [shining] carbuncles, and all your walls [of your enclosures] of precious stones. [Rev. 21:19-21.]
13 And all your [spiritual] children shall be disciples [taught by the Lord and obedient to His will], and great shall be the peace and undisturbed composure of your children. [John 6:45.]
14 You shall establish yourself in righteousness (rightness, in conformity with God's will and order): you shall be far from even the thought of oppression or destruction, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
15 Behold, they may gather together and stir up strife, but it is not from Me. Whoever stirs up strife against you shall fall and surrender to you.
16 Behold, I have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals and who produces a weapon for its purpose; and I have created the devastator to destroy.
17 But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord.
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