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Text -- Isaiah 54:1-17 (NET)
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Zion Will Be Secure
54:1 “Shout for joy , O barren one who has not given birth ! Give a joyful shout and cry out , you who have not been in labor ! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman ,” says the Lord .
54:2 Make your tent larger , stretch your tent curtains farther out ! Spare no effort, lengthen your ropes , and pound your stakes deep .
54:3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left ; your children will conquer nations and will resettle desolate cities .
54:4 Don’t be afraid , for you will not be put to shame ! Don’t be intimidated , for you will not be humiliated ! You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth ; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment .
54:5 For your husband is the one who made you– the Lord who commands armies is his name . He is your protector , the Holy One of Israel . He is called “God of the entire earth .”
54:6 “Indeed, the Lord will call you back like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression , like a young wife when she has been rejected ,” says your God .
54:7 “For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
54:8 In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily , but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your protector , the Lord .
54:9 “As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah’s time , when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood would never again cover the earth . In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.
54:10 Even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced , my devotion will not be removed from you, nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced ,” says the Lord , the one who has compassion on you.
54:11 “O afflicted one, driven away , and unconsoled ! Look , I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli .
54:12 I will make your pinnacles out of gems , your gates out of beryl , and your outer wall out of beautiful stones .
54:13 All your children will be followers of the Lord , and your children will enjoy great prosperity .
54:14 You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience oppression ; indeed , you will not be afraid . You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you.
54:15 If anyone dares to challenge you, it will not be my doing! Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated .
54:16 Look , I create the craftsman , who fans the coals into a fire and forges a weapon . I create the destroyer so he might devastate .
54:17 No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed ; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the Lord will do for his servants – I will vindicate them,” says the Lord .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Righteous |
Isaiah |
Church |
Isaiah, The Book of |
ETHICS, III |
God |
STONES, PRECIOUS |
Jesus, The Christ |
PROVIDENCE, 1 |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Gentiles |
Agate |
Peace |
Husband |
Carbuncle |
Heathen |
Solomon, Song of |
Marriage |
Children |
KINDNESS |
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NET Notes -> Isa 54:2; Isa 54:2; Isa 54:3; Isa 54:4; Isa 54:4; Isa 54:5; Isa 54:5; Isa 54:6; Isa 54:7; Isa 54:8; Isa 54:8; Isa 54:8; Isa 54:9; Isa 54:9; Isa 54:10; Isa 54:11; Isa 54:12; Isa 54:12; Isa 54:12; Isa 54:12; Isa 54:13; Isa 54:14; Isa 54:14; Isa 54:14; Isa 54:14; Isa 54:15; Isa 54:15; Isa 54:16; Isa 54:17; Isa 54:17
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NET Notes: Isa 54:4 Another option is to translate, “the disgrace of our widowhood” (so NRSV). However, the following context (vv. 6-7) refers to Zion’s...
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NET Notes: Isa 54:15 Heb “will fall over you.” The expression נָפַל עַל (nafal ’al) can mean “attac...
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