Isaiah 54:6
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.
5 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.
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.
8 In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- For 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.
- WEB
- For the LORD has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off,” says your God.
- ASV
- For Jehovah hath called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, saith thy God.
- DARBY
- For Jehovah hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and as a wife of youth, that hath been refused, saith thy God.
- BLB
- For like a wife forsaken and pained of spirit, YHWH has called you; and a wife of [one’s] youth when she is rejected,” says your God.
- ÅB
- For som en forlatt kvinne med sorg i hjertet kaller Herren deg, og en ungdomshustru - skulle hun forskytes? sier din Gud.
- OTB
- Herren har kalt deg tilbake som en forlatt og bedrøvet kvinne, som en kvinne gift i ungdommen, bare for å bli avvist,» sier din Gud.
- B1930
- For som en forlatt kvinne med sorg i hjertet kaller Herren dig, og en ungdomshustru - skulde hun forskytes? sier din Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 62:4
No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
Read in contextHosea 2:14–15
“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
Read in contextProverbs 5:18
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
Read in contextHosea 2:1–2
“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:14–21
But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:9–10
And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
Read in contextIsaiah 50:1–2
This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
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