Isaiah 54:5
3 For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
4 Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
6 For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
7 “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.
- ASV
- For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- DARBY
- For thy Maker is thy husband: Jehovah of hosts is his name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- BLB
- For your husband [is] your Maker; YHWH of Hosts [is] His name; and your Redeemer [is] the Holy One of Israel—He is called the God of all the earth.
- ÅB
- For din skaper er din ektemann, Herren, hærskarenes Gud, er hans navn, og Israels Hellige er din gjenløser, all jordens Gud kalles han.
- OTB
- For din skaper er din ektemann— Herren, hærskarenes Gud, er hans navn— Israels Hellige er din gjenløser; han kalles hele jordens Gud.
- B1930
- For din skaper er din ektemann, Herren, hærskarenes Gud, er hans navn, og Israels Hellige er din gjenløser, all jordens Gud kalles han.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 5:25–27
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Read in contextHosea 2:19–20
So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:2–3
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
Read in contextIsaiah 48:17
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:8
Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
Read in contextRomans 3:29–30
Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
Read in contextJohn 3:29
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
Read in contextPsalms 45:10–17
Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
Read in context