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Isaiah 54:11-17

These verses refer to the distant future (see my note on Chapter s 40 to 66, at the beginning of chapter 40).

The verses describe the repair of *Jerusalem after the *Babylonians had ruined it. The city will be more magnificent than ever before. But there is no reference to the *Temple.

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See also Isaiah 54:11-17 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 54:11. _BEHOLD, I WILL LAY THY STONES _- "Behold, I lay thy stones"] These seem to be general images to express beauty, magnificence, purity, strength, and solidity, agreeably to the ide...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    O THOU AFFLICTED - In the previous verses, Yahweh had merely promised protection, and had in general terms assured them of his favor. Here he shows that they should not only be defended, but that his...

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The outward splendour of the new Jerusalem described in highly figurative language; comp. Tob 13:16-17; Revelation 21:18-21. _I will lay thy stones with fair colours_ lit. IN ANTIMONY (R.V. marg.). An...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    O, THOU AFFLICTED, &C.— _O, thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, void of comfort; behold, I range thy stones in paint, and found thee upon sapphires:_ Isaiah 54:12. _And I make thy turrets of rubies,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. REGALED TEXT: Isaiah 54:9-17 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth wi...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. O THOU AFFLICTED ... NOT COMFORTED - by any one;...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The restoration of Jerusalem. FAIR COLOURS] lit. 'antimony,' to set off their brilliancy: mentioned elsewhere as used for painting the eyelids, to enhance the brilliancy of the eyes (2 Kings 9:3 RV)....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WILL LAY THY STONES WITH FAIR COLOURS. — The first germ of the idealising symbolism of the new Jerusalem. The language of Tob. 13:16-17, shows the impression which it made on the Jews of the captivi...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עֲנִיָּ֥ה סֹעֲרָ֖ה לֹ֣א נֻחָ֑מָה הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י...

  • 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

    O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with (k) fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. (k) By this he declares the excellent estate o...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Sapphires. Hebrew, "antimony," a mineral shining like silver, 4 Kings ix. 30._...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    11._Thou wretched. _He continues the same subject, and promises not only that the Church shall be restored to her ancient splendor, but that God will cause her to be adorned with attire of greater mag...

  • 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

    O THOU AFFLICTED, TOSSED WITH TEMPESTS, AND NOT COMFORTED,.... Or, "O thou poor" s church; for the first Christian churches chiefly consisted of poor persons, not many mighty and noble being called; a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. Ver. 11. _O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, a...

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

    _O thou afflicted_, &c. O thou, my church, which hast been in a most afflicted and comfortless condition; _behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours_, &c. I will make thee exceedingly beautiful...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    O thou afflicted, one full of misery and sorrow, TOSSED WITH TEMPEST, like the chaff from the threshing-floor, AND NOT COMFORTED, still lying in desolation, BEHOLD, I WILL LAY THY STONES WITH FAIR COL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord's Promise of Perfect Security for the Church...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-17 Let the people of God, when afflicted and tossed, think they hear God speaking comfortably to them by these words, taking notice of their griefs and fears. The church is all glorious when full...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    O THOU AFFLICTED, tossed with tempests, and not comforted; O thou my poor church, \ hast frequently been, and wilt again and again be, in a most afflicted and comfortless condition for a time, be not...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 54:11 afflicted H6041 tempest H5590 (H8802) comforted H5162 (H8794) lay H7257 (H8688) stones H68 colorful...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CONTINUING AND FINAL ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS PEOPLE (ISAIAH 54:11). Isaiah's prophecies of Israel's future have a number of facets, for he is preparing them for the whole future. The prophecies found...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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

    _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 Biblical Illustrator

    _For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken_ GOD IS LOVE None of those who came before the Lord Jesus ventured to define God as love. But it does not follow, as we sometimes assume, that the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _O thou afflicted_ THE CITY OF GOD The reference is still to Jerusalem. In the former paragraph, she was addressed as a barren wife; here as destined to arise from her encumbering ruins, and become...

  • 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

    THE CHURCH, Isaiah 54:11. I. The _distressed condition_ of the Church. Without. Within. II. The _promised glory_ of the Church. Completed. Adorned. Perfected with grace. III. The _perpetuation_ of th...

  • 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

    1 Chronicles 29:2; 1 Kings 5:17; 1 Peter 2:4; Acts 14:22; Acts 27:18

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    O thou — Who hast been, in a most afflicted and comfortless condition. With sapphires — I will make thee exceeding beautiful and glorious, by a plentiful effusion of excellent gifts, and graces....

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