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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/isaiah/54.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/54.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The LORD will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit— a wife who married young, only to be rejected,&#8221 says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/54.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For the LORD has called you back from your grief— as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,” says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/54.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For the LORD has called you like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/54.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/54.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/54.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For the LORD has called you Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Like a youthful wife when you were refused,” Says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/54.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For the LORD has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of <i>one’s</i> youth when she is rejected,” Says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/54.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For the LORD has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of one&#8217s youth when she is rejected,&#8221 Says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/54.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For the LORD has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of <i>one’s</i> youth when she is rejected,” Says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/54.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For Yahweh has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of <i>one’s</i> youth when she is rejected,” Says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/54.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For the LORD has called you, Like a wife who has been abandoned, grieved in spirit, And like a wife [married] in her youth when she is [later] rejected <i>and</i> scorned,” Says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/54.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD has called you, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,” says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/54.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD has called you, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, a wife of one&#8217s youth when she is rejected,&#8221 says your God.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/54.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For Jehovah hath called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, saith thy God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/54.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You were like a young wife, brokenhearted and crying because her husband had divorced her. But the LORD your God says, "I am taking you back! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/54.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For the LORD hath called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, saith thy God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/54.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"The LORD has called you as if you were a wife who was abandoned and in grief, a wife who married young and was rejected," says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/54.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Israel, you are like a young wife, deserted by her husband and deeply distressed. But the LORD calls you back to him and says: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/54.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For the LORD has called you back like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like the wife of a man's youth when she is cast off," says the LORD your God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/54.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one?s youth,? says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/54.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/54.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off," says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/54.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/54.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For Yahweh has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off,” says your God. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/54.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, "" YHWH has called you, "" Even a youthful wife when she is refused,” said your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/54.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For, as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Called thee hath Jehovah, Even a youthful wife when she is refused, said thy God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/54.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />As a wife forsaken and grieved of spirit Jehovah called thee, and a wife of youth; for thou shalt be rejected, said thy God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/54.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the Lord hath called thee as woman forsaken and mourning in spirit, end se a wife cast off from her youth, said thy God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/54.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For the Lord has called you, like a woman forsaken and mourning in spirit, and like a wife rejected in her youth, said your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/54.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD calls you back, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, A wife married in youth and then cast off, says your God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/54.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For the LORD has called you like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, like the wife of a man’s youth when she is cast off, says your God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/54.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and as a wife forsaken from her youth, says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/54.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because like a woman who is divorced and whose spirit is grieved, LORD JEHOVAH called you, and like the wife of a youth who is forsaken, says your God<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/54.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For the LORD hath called thee As a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit; And a wife of youth, can she be rejected? Saith thy God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/54.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The Lord has not called thee as a deserted and faint-hearted woman, nor as a woman hated from <i>her</i> youth, saith thy God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/54-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=12127" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/54.htm">Future Blessings for Zion</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qə·rā·’āḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms:: 2fs) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">has called you back,</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ḵə·’iš·šāh (Prep-k:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">like a wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ‘ă·zū·ḇāh (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fs) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">deserted</a> <a href="/hebrew/6087.htm" title="6087: wa·‘ă·ṣū·ḇaṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fsc) -- A primitive root; properly, to carve, i.e. Fabricate or fashion; hence to worry, pain or anger.">and wounded</a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: rū·aḥ (N-cs) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">in spirit,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">like</a> <a href="/hebrew/3988.htm" title="3988: ṯim·mā·’ês (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To spurn, to disappear. A primitive root; to spurn; also to disappear.">the rejected</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: wə·’ê·šeṯ (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/5271.htm" title="5271: nə·‘ū·rîm (N-mp) -- Or naur; and nturah; properly, passive participle from na'ar as denominative; youth, the state or the persons.">of one’s youth,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-19.htm">Hosea 2:19-20</a></span><br />So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. / And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-14.htm">Jeremiah 3:14</a></span><br />“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-32.htm">Jeremiah 31:32</a></span><br />It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Ezekiel 16:8</a></span><br />Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Ezekiel 16:60-62</a></span><br />But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. / Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you. / So I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-7.htm">Hosea 2:7</a></span><br />She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Malachi 2:14</a></span><br />Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-13.htm">Psalm 103:13</a></span><br />As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/30-5.htm">Psalm 30:5</a></span><br />For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-2.htm">2 Corinthians 11:2</a></span><br />I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a></span><br />Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her / to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, / and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Revelation 19:7-9</a></span><br />Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. / She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints. / Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-15.htm">Matthew 9:15</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-2.htm">Matthew 22:2</a></span><br />“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For the LORD has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when you were refused, said your God.</p><p class="hdg">a woman</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-14.htm">Isaiah 49:14</a></b></br> But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/62-4.htm">Isaiah 62:4</a></b></br> Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/2-1.htm">Hosea 2:1,2,14,15</a></b></br> Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah… </p><p class="hdg">a wife</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/5-18.htm">Proverbs 5:18</a></b></br> Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/9-9.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:9</a></b></br> Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that <i>is</i> thy portion in <i>this</i> life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Malachi 2:14</a></b></br> Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet <i>is</i> she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/44-10.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Distressed</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-18.htm">Early</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-10.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Married</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-20.htm">One's</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-15.htm">Refused</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-16.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-8.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-30.htm">Young</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-4.htm">Youth</a> <a href="/job/33-25.htm">Youthful</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/57-14.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-4.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Distressed</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Early</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-7.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-11.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-10.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-4.htm">Married</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm">One's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Refused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-37.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-10.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-5.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-6.htm">Young</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-20.htm">Youth</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-22.htm">Youthful</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 54</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">The prophet, to comfort the Gentiles, prophesies the amplitude of their church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/54-4.htm">Their safety</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/54-6.htm">Their certain deliverance out of affliction</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/54-11.htm">Their fair edification</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/54-15.htm">And their sure preservation</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/54.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/54.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For the LORD has called you back</b><br>This phrase emphasizes God's initiative in restoring His people. The context is the Babylonian exile, where Israel felt abandoned. The calling back signifies God's faithfulness and mercy, akin to the covenant relationship He established with Israel. This reflects the theme of redemption found throughout the Bible, such as in <a href="/hosea/2-14.htm">Hosea 2:14-23</a>, where God promises to allure and restore Israel.<p><b>like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit</b><br>The imagery of a deserted wife highlights the deep emotional pain and sense of rejection Israel experienced. In ancient Near Eastern culture, a deserted wife faced social stigma and economic hardship. This metaphor underscores Israel's spiritual desolation due to their disobedience and exile. The wounded spirit indicates profound sorrow, similar to the lamentations expressed in <a href="/lamentations/1.htm">Lamentations 1:1-3</a>.<p><b>like the rejected wife of one’s youth,”</b><br>This phrase suggests a relationship that began with love and promise but ended in rejection. It reflects Israel's early covenant relationship with God, which was broken due to their unfaithfulness. The concept of a youthful marriage gone awry is also seen in <a href="/jeremiah/2-2.htm">Jeremiah 2:2</a>, where God recalls the devotion of Israel's youth. This metaphor serves as a reminder of the initial love and the subsequent betrayal.<p><b>says your God.</b><br>The declaration "says your God" reaffirms the authority and personal relationship God has with His people. It emphasizes that despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains their God, committed to His covenant. This assurance is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10</a>, where God promises His presence and support. The possessive "your" indicates a personal and enduring relationship, highlighting God's unwavering commitment to His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is portrayed as a compassionate husband calling back His estranged wife, Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>Represented as a wife who has been temporarily abandoned due to her unfaithfulness but is now being called back by her loving husband, God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophet_isaiah.htm">Prophet Isaiah</a></b><br>The author of the book, who conveys God's messages to the people of Israel during a time of distress and exile.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/exile.htm">Exile</a></b><br>The historical context of Israel's separation from their homeland, symbolizing their spiritual estrangement from God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/restoration.htm">Restoration</a></b><br>The event of God bringing Israel back to Himself, promising renewal and future blessings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_unfailing_love.htm">God's Unfailing Love</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God's love remains steadfast. This teaches us about the nature of divine love—unconditional and redemptive.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Just as Israel is called back to God, we are invited to turn from our ways and return to Him, trusting in His mercy and grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_hope.htm">Restoration and Hope</a></b><br>God's promise to restore Israel offers hope for renewal in our own lives, reminding us that no situation is beyond God's power to redeem.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>The imagery of marriage underscores the seriousness and intimacy of our relationship with God, calling us to faithfulness and devotion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/enduring_faithfulness.htm">Enduring Faithfulness</a></b><br>In times of spiritual exile or distance from God, we are encouraged to hold onto His promises, knowing that He is faithful to restore and bless.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_54.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 54</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_isaiah_see_god_if_he's_invisible.htm">Isaiah 6:1 - How can Isaiah physically see God in the temple when other passages state God is invisible or cannot be seen?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_25_6_align_with_israel's_exclusivity.htm">How does Isaiah 25:6, which speaks of a universal feast for all peoples, align with other Old Testament passages emphasizing Israel's exclusivity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_'first_and_last'_reconciled.htm">In Isaiah 44:6, how can the claim 'I am the first and I am the last' be reconciled with other biblical passages attributing this title to different persons?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_isaiah_45_7_contradict_evil's_origin.htm">If Isaiah 45:7 claims God creates both light and darkness, does this contradict other passages suggesting evil originates solely from humanity or Satan?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/54.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">For the</span> <span class= "bld">Lord hath called thee.</span>--The words find their explanation, perhaps their starting-point, in the history of Hosea and Gomer (Hosea 1-3). The husband has punished the faithless wife by what seemed a divorce, but his heart yearns after her, and he takes her back again.<p><span class= "bld">When thou wast refused.</span>--Some critics render <span class= "ital">Can she be rejected </span><span class= "bld">. . .</span>? with the implied answer. "No, that is impossible," but the Authorised version is tenable, and gives an adequate meaning.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/54.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For the Lord hath called thee</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> recalled thee to himself - summoned thee to return, and once more resume the office of a wife<span class="cmt_word">. As a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> as one whom her husband has cast off, and whose spirit is grieved by the repudiation. No doubt a large number of the captives had the same spirit of penitence as Daniel (<a href="/daniel/9-5.htm">Daniel 9:5-19</a>). <span class="cmt_word">A wife of youth</span>. One wooed and won in youth, therefore more dearly loved, more regretfully repudiated, more joyfully restored when seen to be penitent. <span class="cmt_word">When thou wast refused</span>; rather, <span class="accented">when she has been cast off.</span> Jehovah takes back Israel into the old relationship, as a man takes back "the wife of his youth," when she has been for a long time "<span class="accented">cast off."</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/54-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has called you back,</span><br /><span class="heb">קְרָאָ֣ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(qə·rā·’āḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a wife</span><br /><span class="heb">כְאִשָּׁ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deserted</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲזוּבָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·zū·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5805.htm">Strong's 5805: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forsakenness, desolation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and wounded</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲצ֥וּבַת</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·ṣū·ḇaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6087.htm">Strong's 6087: </a> </span><span class="str2">To carve, fabricate, fashion, to worry, pain, anger</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in spirit,</span><br /><span class="heb">ר֖וּחַ</span> <span class="translit">(rū·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm">Strong's 7307: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wife</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֧שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ê·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of one’s youth</span><br /><span class="heb">נְעוּרִ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(nə·‘ū·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5271.htm">Strong's 5271: </a> </span><span class="str2">Youth, the state, the persons</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she is rejected,”</span><br /><span class="heb">תִמָּאֵ֖ס</span> <span class="translit">(ṯim·mā·’ês)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3988.htm">Strong's 3988: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spurn, to disappear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/54-6.htm">Isaiah 54:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/54-6.htm">Isaiah 54:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/54-6.htm">Isaiah 54:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/54-6.htm">Isaiah 54:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/54-6.htm">Isaiah 54:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/54-6.htm">Isaiah 54:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/54-6.htm">Isaiah 54:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/54-6.htm">Isaiah 54:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/54-6.htm">Isaiah 54:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/54-6.htm">Isaiah 54:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/54-6.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 54:6 For Yahweh has called you as (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/54-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 54:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 54:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/54-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 54:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 54:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>