Isaiah 54

Isaiah 54:1

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

Rejoice, O thou Church of the Gentiles, which wert before utterly barren and fruitless, yielding no children to God; for now, the children of thee, which wert not formerly regarded as my spouse, are more than those of the Church of the Jews, whom I professed to love and respect. So also verse 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Isaiah 54:9

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I

ISMAIL, CHAP. LIII., LIV. have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. Well may I compare the great inundation of thy sorrow and affliction, to the deluge in Noah’s time, wherewith the earth was overspread; and, as I then swore, &c. so have I now sworn, that I will never give my Church over to any utter vastation.

Isaiah 54:11

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

O thou, my poor distressed Church, which now seest no cause of joy, or mitigation of thy sorrow, comfort thou thyself with the expectation of what blessings I have laid up for thee; for, how despised soever thou now seemest, I will exceedingly adorn and beautify thee.

Isaiah 54:12

And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

I will make the Evangelical Church far more glorious than that, which was under the law: there shall nothing be wanting, that may set forth the beauty and majesty thereof.

Isaiah 54:13

And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

God will, by the gracious illuminations of his Spirit, teach his will unto thy children; and shall, by miraculous gifts upon them, testify the descent of his Holy Ghost; and thy true and faithful children, shall enjoy a sweet and unspeakable peace in their consciences.

Isaiah 54:15

Behold they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

Yet shalt not thou expect such a quiet condition, as may be free from all hostility and opposition: no; there will be enemies banding together against thee, but without all success from me: they shall fail and miscarry in their designs against thee, for that I have undertaken thy protection.

Isaiah 54:16

Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

It is my Almighty hand, that moderates and overrules all those powers, that set themselves against thee: Are weapons the instruments of thy hurt? Behold, I have made the very smith that makes them, and the arm that useth them, to destruction.

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper: and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn.

Men may devise means to do thee harm, but they shall not prevail against thee: and those malicious tongues, that stir against thee, to accuse and reproach thee, shall be shamed and convicted by thee.