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Isaiah 54 Literal Standard Version

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1 “Sing, O barren, she [who] has not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, || She [who] has not brought forth! For more [are] the sons of the desolate, || Than the sons of the married one,” said YHWH. 2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, || And they stretch out the curtains of your dwelling places, || Do not restrain—lengthen your cords, || And make your pins strong. 3 For you break forth right and left, || And nations possess your seed, 4 And they cause desolate cities to be inhabited. Do not fear, for you are not ashamed, || Nor blush, for you are not confounded, || For you forget the shame of your youth, || And the reproach of your widowhood || You do not remember anymore. 5 For your Maker [is] your husband, || YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name, || And your Redeemer [is] the Holy One of Israel, || He is called God of all the earth. 6 For as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, || YHWH has called you, || Even a youthful wife when she is refused,” said your God. 7 “In a small moment I have forsaken you, || And in great mercies I gather you, 8 In overflowing wrath I hid My face [for] a moment from you, || And in perpetual kindness I have loved you, || Said your Redeemer—YHWH! 9 For this [is as] the days of Noah to Me, || In that I have sworn that the waters of Noah || Do not pass over the earth again—So I have sworn, || Wrath is not on you, || Nor rebuke against you. 10 For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, || And My kindness does not depart from you, || And the covenant of My peace does not remove,” || Says YHWH, your loving one. 11 “O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, || Behold, I am laying your stones with cement, || And have founded you with sapphires, 12 And have made your pinnacles of agate, || And your gates of carbuncle stones, || And all your border of stones of delight, 13 And all your sons are taught of YHWH, || And the peace of your sons [is] abundant. 14 You establish yourself in righteousness, || Be far from oppression, for you do not fear, || And from ruin, for it does not come near to you. 15 Behold, he diligently assembles without My desire, || Whoever has assembled near you falls by you! 16 Behold, I have created an artisan, || Blowing on a fire of coals, || And bringing out an instrument for his work, || And I have created a destroyer to destroy. 17 No weapon formed against you prospers, || And every tongue rising against you, || You condemn in judgment. This [is] the inheritance of the servants of YHWH, || And their righteousness from Me,” a declaration of YHWH!

Cross references (16)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Galatians 4:27; Isaiah 62:4; 1 Samuel 2:5; Hebrews 11:11–12; Psalm 113:9
  2. 2 Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 49:19–20; Jeremiah 10:20; Exodus 39:40; Exodus 35:18
  3. 3 Isaiah 43:5–6; Genesis 28:14; Isaiah 60:3–13; Isaiah 49:18–19; Ezekiel 36:35–36
  4. 4 Isaiah 41:10; 1 Peter 2:6; Isaiah 61:7; Jeremiah 31:19; Isaiah 45:16–17
  5. 5 Ephesians 5:25–27; Hosea 2:19–20; 2 Corinthians 11:2–3; Isaiah 48:17; Ezekiel 16:8
  6. 6 Isaiah 62:4; Hosea 2:14–15; Proverbs 5:18; Hosea 2:1–2; Ecclesiastes 9:9
  7. 7 Psalm 30:5; 2 Peter 3:8; Micah 4:6; Isaiah 26:20; Deuteronomy 30:3
  8. 8 Jeremiah 31:3; Isaiah 60:10; 1 Timothy 1:16; Ezekiel 39:23–24; Isaiah 54:10
  9. 9 Isaiah 12:1; Genesis 8:21; Genesis 9:11–16; Hebrews 6:16–18; Isaiah 55:11
  10. 10 Psalm 89:33–34; Psalm 46:2; Ephesians 2:4–5; Matthew 24:35; Romans 11:29
  11. 11 1 Peter 2:4–6; Acts 14:22; Jeremiah 30:17; Isaiah 54:6; 1 Chronicles 29:2
  12. 13 John 6:45; Philippians 4:7; Psalm 119:165; Jeremiah 31:34; Hebrews 8:10
  13. 14 Proverbs 3:25–26; Jeremiah 30:10; Zechariah 9:8; Ezekiel 36:27–28; Zechariah 2:4–5
  14. 15 Isaiah 41:11–16; Psalm 37:12–13; Zechariah 12:9; Zechariah 2:8; Isaiah 43:3–4
  15. 16 Proverbs 16:4; Exodus 9:16; Isaiah 46:11; Isaiah 10:5–6; Isaiah 10:15
  16. 17 Romans 8:28–39; Isaiah 54:15; John 10:28–30; Isaiah 50:8; Romans 8:1

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 54:1 Justin Martyr, First Apology (Chapters LIII–LV)

    … than from the Jews and Samaritans, we will produce: it ran thus: "Rejoice, O barren, thou that dost not bear; break forth and shout, thou that dost not travail, because many more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath an husband." For all the Gentiles were "desolate" of the true God, serving the works of their …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 54:11–14 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book V, Chapter XXVII)

    … and I will lay thy ramparts with jasper, and thy gates with crystal, and thy wall with choice stones: and all thy children shall be taught of God, and great shall be the peace of thy children; and in righteousness shalt thou be built up." And yet again does he say the same thing: "Behold, I make Jerusalem a rejoicing, …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 54:1–5 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVIII, Chapters 26–29)

    He says, "Rejoice, O barren, thou that barest not; break forth and cry, thou that didst not travail with child: for many more are the children of the desolate than of her that has an husband." But these must suffice; and some things in them ought to be expounded; yet I think those parts sufficient which are so plain that …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  4. Quotes verse 54:5 Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XLVII)

    … ye nations." For that God known in Judah, is King of all the earth: now by all He is acknowledged, for that is fulfilled which Isaiah saith, "He is thy God who hath delivered thee, the God of the whole earth shall He be called." "Sing ye praises with understanding." He teacheth us and warneth us to sing praises with …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  5. Quotes verse 54:2 Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LIX)

    … are by a hidden Bridegroom....The Prophet addeth, "Enlarge the place of Thy tabernacle, and Thy courts fix thou: there is no cause for thee to spare, extend further thy cords, and strong stakes set thou again and again on the right and on the left." Upon the right keep good men, on the left keep evil men, until there come …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)