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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 54:5

Thy maker — Will own thee for his spouse. The Lord — Who hath the sovereign command of all men and creatures, and therefore can subdue the Gentiles to thee, and can make thee to increase and multiply in so prodigious a measure, even in thine old age, notwithstanding thy barrenness in the days of thy youth, of which he speaks in the foregoing verse. The God — The God and father of all nations, whereas formerly he was called only the God of Israel.

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See also Isaiah 54:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THY MAKER IS THINE HUSBAND - Both these words, ‘maker’ and ‘husband,’ in the Hebrew are in the plural number. But the form is evidently the _pluralis excellentiae_ - a form denoting majesty and ho...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 54 ISRAEL CALLED TO SING 1. _The blessings of restoration (Isaiah 54:1) _ 2. _Mercy bestowed (Isaiah 54:7) _ 3. _The earthly glory of Jerusalem (Isaiah 54:11) _ 4. Jehovah keeps and defends Hi...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LIV. ZION SHALL BE RESTORED TO HER PLACE AS YAHWEH'S WIFE, NEVER AGAIN TO BE REJECTED. The poet pictures Zion as a barren wife, left desolate by her husband. Let her break into transports of joy, for...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MAKER. Hebrew, plural. Reference to the triune Jehovah. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. thy Redeemer. thy kinsman-Redeemer. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 48:16; Exodus 6:6;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Zion shall forget her former shame in the joy of reconciliation to her God....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _thy Maker_is _thine husband_ Rather, THY HUSBAND IS THY MAKER: He who has entered into this closest and tenderest of relations is none other than He who made thee. "Husband" in the original is a part...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 977 OUR MAKER OUR HUSBAND Isaiah 54:5. _Thy Maker is thine Husband: the Lord of Hosts is his name_. IN circumstances whether of personal or public difficulty it is well to bear in remembra...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR THY MAKER IS THINE HUSBAND— See Jeremiah 3:20. In the original the verse may be divided into a stanza of four lines; for it is undoubtedly poetry, in which the first and third, and the second and...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    VIII. COMMUNION THROUGH GOD'S COVENANT Chapter S 54-59 A. WED TO THE LORD IN COVENANT RELATIONSHIP CHAPTER 54 1. RECONCILED TEXT: Isaiah 54:1-8 1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break f...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For 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. FOR THY MAKER (IS) THINE HUSBAND; THE LORD OF...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    54:5 husband. (d-6) Or 'master,' 'lord.' see Hosea 2:16 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. MARRIED WIFE] referring to the days of Jerusalem's prosperity....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THINE HUSBAND] and therefore faithful, even though Israel may be faithless....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 54 THE NUMBER OF GOD’S PEOPLE WILL INCREASE VASTLY V1 (The *Lord speaks) ‘Sing for joy...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The Book of Isaiah emphasises the *Lord’s special name, ‘Commander of Heaven’s Armies’, over 60 times (see my note on Isaiah 44:6)....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE LORD OF HOSTS... THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. — We note the combination of the two names so prominent in 1 Isaiah. The “Redeemer” in this context suggests the idea of the next of kin (such, _e.g.,_ as...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י בֹעֲלַ֨יִךְ֙ עֹשַׂ֔יִךְ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות שְׁמֹ֑ו...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 4 THE RESTORATION WE have now reached the summit of our prophecy. It has been a long, steep ascent, and we have had very much to seek out on the way, and to extricate and solve and load ourselv...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE WONDROUS LOVE OF GOD Isaiah 54:1-17 We have heard the exiles summoned to leave Babylon, and have beheld the Savior becoming the sin-bearer. Here our attention is recalled to the still desolate c...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We now come to the section which deals with the triumphant singing resulting from the work of the Servant of God, and this chapter is the song of assurance. It first sets forth the glorious fact of re...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For thy (f) Maker [is] thy husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole (g) earth shall he be called. (f) That regenerated you by his Holy S...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Thee. Hebrew, " Bohalaic (Haydock) shall be your Baalim," or husband, who was styled Lord, 1 Peter iii. 6. Perhaps he may allude to the two wives, the synagogues and the Church, or to the idols, whic...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._For thy Maker is thy husband. _He assigns the reason why she will forget all the distresses and calamities which she formerly endured. It is because God will again receive her into favor; for capti...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 54 gives the result of these events to Jerusalem in those days. Jerusalem is looked at as barren and desolate, after having rejected Him who came to be her husband; but now, through that grace...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THY MAKER [IS] THINE HUSBAND,.... That is, Christ, the Husband of the church, and of every true believer; who secretly betrothed them to himself in eternity, having asked him of his father; and, b...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For 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. Ver. 5. _For thy Maker is thine husband._] _...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thou shalt not be ashamed_ As formerly, of the straitness of thy borders, and the fewness of thy children. _Thou shalt forget the reproach of thy youth_ Thy barrenness in former times: so great shall...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE LORD'S PROMISE TO RELIEVE ZION'S BARRENNESS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For thy Maker is thine Husband, or "Thy Husband is He who made thee," the almighty Lord of the universe; THE LORD OF HOSTS IS HIS NAME, the great God of the covenant; AND THY REDEEMER THE HOLY ONE OF...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 Observe the low state of religion in the world, for a long time before Christianity was brought in. But by preaching the gospel, multitudes were converted from idols to the living God. This is ma...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THY MAKER; he who made thee out of nothing, and therefore can easily fulfil all these promises, how unlikely soever they seem to be; and he who made thee a people, and, which is far more and better, h...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 54:5 Maker H6213 (H8802) husband H1166 (H8802) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 name H8034 Redeemer H1350 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE RESTORATION OF GOD'S ERRING WIFE (ISAIAH 54:1). In this chapter we have the gradual unfolding of the work of the Servant. God will prosper His true people in the future so that they will multiply...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    HUSBAND Wife (of Jehovah). (Jeremiah 31:32); (Isaiah 54:5); (Hosea 2:1)....

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 54:1. _Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 54:1. _Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Try and suck all the sweetness that you can out of this chapter while we read it. The personal application of a promise to the heart by the Holy Spirit is that which is wanted. The honey in Jonathan's...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    The precious promises, contained in this chapter, belong in the first place to the Church of God; but, as that which belongs to the Church, really belongs to every member of it, we shall not be acting...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Israel as the restored wife of Jehovah in the Kingdom age. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: We may with greatest assurance depend upon God for the keeping of His covenant with His peop...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 54:1. _Sing, oh barren, thou that didst not bear._ This prophecy is a song of praise, exulting in the assurance that the gentile world should be converted to Christ. The prophet saw it as alrea...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For thy Maker is thine Husband_ THE LORD PEOPLE’S HUSBAND I. CONSIDER SOME THINGS WHICH ARE IMPLIED IN THIS RELATION WHEREIN CHRIST STANDS TO HIS PEOPLE, THAT NATURALLY TEND TO ENCOURAGE THEIR FAIT...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Sing, O barren_ JERUSALEM: BARREN, THEN FRUITFUL The direct address refers to Jerusalem, which resembled Sarah in her early barrenness and later fruitfulness Isaiah 51:1). (_F. Delitzsch, D.D._) T...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 54:1 The everlasting love of God will heal all his people’s sorrows, if they will accept the terms of his glorious grace. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    GODS DESIGNATION OF HIMSELF Isaiah 54:5. _The Holy One of Israel thy Redeemer_ (R. V.). This subject requires to be approached with the utmost reverence, and with a deep consciousness of the imperfe...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION IV.—A RENEWAL OF PROMISES TO ISRAEL, COMBINED WITH EXHORTATION (CH. 54-56:8). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 54:1 A PROMISE TO ISRAEL O

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Israel is to be restored as Jehovah's wife, chapter 54. Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the chil...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 11:2; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 5:25; Ephesians 5:32;...

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