Isaiah 54

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¹“Sing, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, you who have never been in labor. For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband,” says the Lord. ✦ ²“Enlarge your house; build an addition. Spread out your home, and spare no expense! ✦ ³For you will soon be bursting at the seams. Your descendants will occupy other nations and resettle the ruined cities. ✦ ⁴“Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood. ✦ ⁵For your Creator will be your husband; the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name! He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth. ✦ ⁶For the Lord has called you back from your grief— as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,” says your God. ✦ ⁷“For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back. ✦ ⁸In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while. But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord, your Redeemer. ✦ ⁹“Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth, so now I swear that I will never again be angry and punish you. ✦ ¹⁰For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord, who has mercy on you. ✦ ¹¹“O storm-battered city, troubled and desolate! I will rebuild you with precious jewels and make your foundations from lapis lazuli. ✦ ¹²I will make your towers of sparkling rubies, your gates of shining gems, and your walls of precious stones. ¹³I will teach all your children, and they will enjoy great peace. ✦ ¹⁴You will be secure under a government that is just and fair. Your enemies will stay far away. You will live in peace, and terror will not come near. ✦ ¹⁵If any nation comes to fight you, it is not because I sent them. Whoever attacks you will go down in defeat. ✦ ¹⁶“I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals beneath the forge and makes the weapons of destruction. And I have created the armies that destroy. ✦ ¹⁷But in that coming day no weapon turned against you will succeed. You will silence every voice raised up to accuse you. These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the Lord; their vindication will come from me. I, the Lord, have spoken! ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Isa 49 ·11 Isa 51 ·7 Isa 60 ·6 Isa 55 ·6 Isa 54 ·5 Isa 43 ·5 Jer 31 ·5 Isa 48 ·4

Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 54 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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★ Start hereVideoBibleProject — video overviews & word studiesBibleProject · 5–10 min · Free · evangelical
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SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical
Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Seminary

★ Start hereCommentaryThe Book of Isaiah (NICOT)John N. Oswalt · Paid · evangelical
The standard evangelical commentary on Isaiah — thorough and devotionally warm.

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VideoBibleProject — Isaiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
VideoWatch teaching on Isaiah 54YouTube · Lay · Free
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CommentaryEnduring Word — Isaiah 54David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical
Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.
CommentaryMatthew Henry on IsaiahMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Isaiah 54Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free
Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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