The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 54:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

A PROMISE TO ISRAEL OF GREAT INCREASE, AND OF GOD'S PERSISTENT PROTECTION. There is no close connection between this chapter and the last, or even between this section and the preceding. Isaiah 54:1-5 take up the thought of Isaiah 49:19-21, and expand it.

Israel is assured of a great enlargement of her numbers, and bidden to rejoice thereat. She is then further comforted with a promise that she shall never be forsaken (Isaiah 49:6-10).

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