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Your descendants will occupy other nations and resettle the ruined cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/54.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, and your offspring will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/54.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/54.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/54.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For you shall expand to the right and to the left, And your descendants will inherit the nations, And make the desolate cities inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/54.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For you will spread out to the right and to the left. And your descendants will possess nations And will resettle the desolate cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/54.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left. And your descendants will possess nations And will resettle the desolate cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/54.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left. And your descendants will possess nations, And they will resettle the desolate cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/54.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left. And your seed will possess nations And will resettle the desolate cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/54.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For you will spread out to the right and to the left; And your descendants will take possession of nations And will inhabit deserted cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/54.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For you will spread out to the right and to the left, and your descendants will dispossess nations and inhabit the desolate cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/54.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For you will spread out to the right and to the left, and your descendants will dispossess nations and inhabit the desolate cities.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/54.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/54.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You and your descendants will take over the land of other nations. You will settle in towns that are now in ruins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/54.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/54.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You will spread out to the right and left. Your descendants will take over other nations, and they will resettle deserted cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/54.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You will extend your boundaries on all sides; your people will get back the land that the other nations now occupy. Cities now deserted will be filled with people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/54.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For you will spread out to the right hand and to the left, and your descendants will possess the nations and will populate the deserted towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/54.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your children will conquer nations and will resettle desolate cities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/54.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For you will spread out on the right hand and on the left; and your descendants will possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/54.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/54.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/54.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For you will spread out on the right hand and on the left; and your offspring will possess the nations and settle in desolate cities. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/54.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For you break forth right and left, "" And nations possess your seed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/54.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For right and left thou breakest forth, And thy seed doth nations possess,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/54.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For the right and the left thou shalt break forth, and thy seed shall inherit the nations, and they shall cause desolated cities to be inhabited.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/54.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For thou shalt pass on to the right hand, and to the left: and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and shall inhabit the desolate cities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/54.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For you shall extend to the right and to the left. And your offspring shall inherit the nations, and you shall inhabit the desolate cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/54.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For you shall spread abroad to the right and left; your descendants shall dispossess the nations and shall people the deserted cities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/54.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For you will spread out to the right and to the left, and your descendants will possess the nations and will settle the desolate towns.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/54.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For you shall expand on the right hand and on the left; and your descendants shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/54.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because to the right and to the left you shall increase, and your seed shall inherit the nations and shall cause the cities that are deserted to be inhabited<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/54.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; And thy seed shall possess the nations, And make the desolate cities to be inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/54.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />spread forth <i>thy tent</i> yet to the right and the left: for thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and thou shalt make the desolate cities to be inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/54-3.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=12087" 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">2</span>“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/6555.htm" title="6555: tip̄·rō·ṣî (V-Qal-Imperf-2fs) -- To break through. A primitive root; to break out.">you will spread out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3225.htm" title="3225: yā·mîn (N-fs) -- Right hand. From yaman; the right hand or side of a person or other object; locally, the south.">to the right</a> <a href="/hebrew/8040.htm" title="8040: ū·śə·mō·wl (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- The left. ">and left;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: wə·zar·‘êḵ (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2fs) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">your descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: yî·rāš (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">will dispossess</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·w·yim (N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·wō·šî·ḇū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">and inhabit</a> <a href="/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074: nə·šam·mō·wṯ (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To be desolated or appalled. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Devastate or stupefy.">the desolate</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: wə·‘ā·rîm (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">cities.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.…<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="/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14</a></span><br />Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17-18</a></span><br />I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a></span><br />And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Genesis 26:4</a></span><br />I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/2-8.htm">Psalm 2:8</a></span><br />Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Isaiah 49:19-20</a></span><br />For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away. / Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm">Isaiah 49:18</a></span><br />Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Isaiah 60:21</a></span><br />Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-9.htm">Isaiah 61:9</a></span><br />Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-4.htm">Isaiah 62:4-5</a></span><br />No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. / For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-19.htm">Jeremiah 30:19</a></span><br />Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-22.htm">Jeremiah 33:22</a></span><br />As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Ezekiel 36:10-11</a></span><br />I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. / I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-37.htm">Ezekiel 36:37-38</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock. / Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/2-11.htm">Zechariah 2:11</a></span><br />“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For you shall break forth on the right hand and on the left; and your seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.</p><p class="hdg">thou shalt</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2-4</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass in the last days, <i>that</i> the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/11-9.htm">Isaiah 11:9-12</a></b></br> They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/35-1.htm">Isaiah 35:1,2</a></b></br> The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose… </p><p class="hdg">and thy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm">Isaiah 49:18</a></b></br> Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, <i>and</i> come to thee. <i>As</i> I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them <i>on thee</i>, as a bride <i>doeth</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/55-5.htm">Isaiah 55:5</a></b></br> Behold, thou shalt call a nation <i>that</i> thou knowest not, and nations <i>that</i> knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/60-10.htm">Isaiah 60:10-13</a></b></br> And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee… </p><p class="hdg">make</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-8.htm">Isaiah 49:8,19</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">Isaiah 52:9</a></b></br> Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35,36</a></b></br> And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities <i>are become</i> fenced, <i>and</i> are inhabited… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/27-17.htm">Aboard</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-13.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Break</a> <a href="/psalms/48-7.htm">Breakest</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-26.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-8.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/judges/2-23.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-22.htm">Gentiles</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-8.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-18.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-8.htm">Inherit</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-8.htm">Limits</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-15.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-17.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">Resettle</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-8.htm">Right</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-14.htm">Settle</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-13.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-26.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Wide</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Aboard</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm">Break</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Breakest</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-4.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-21.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-10.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-2.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-3.htm">Gentiles</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-17.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-21.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">Inherit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-13.htm">Limits</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-4.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Resettle</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-1.htm">Right</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-5.htm">Settle</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-4.htm">Wide</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'; 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In the context of Isaiah, it speaks to the restoration and future prosperity of Israel after the Babylonian exile. The imagery of spreading out to the right and left indicates an increase in territory and influence. Historically, this can be seen as a promise of the return to the land and the rebuilding of the nation. Theologically, it reflects God's covenant faithfulness and His promise to Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars and would inherit the land (<a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5, 17</a>:8). This expansion can also be seen as a type of the spiritual growth of the Church, as the Gospel spreads to all nations.<p><b>your descendants will dispossess the nations</b><br>This part of the verse points to the idea of Israel's descendants taking possession of lands previously occupied by other nations. It echoes the conquest of Canaan, where the Israelites, under Joshua, took possession of the Promised Land. This can be seen as a fulfillment of God's promises to the patriarchs about their descendants inheriting the land (<a href="/deuteronomy/7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-2</a>). In a broader sense, it can also be interpreted as the spread of God's kingdom through the influence of His people, both in the Old Testament context and in the New Testament era, where the Church is called to make disciples of all nations (<a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a>).<p><b>and inhabit the desolate cities.</b><br>This phrase indicates a restoration and rebuilding of what was once abandoned or destroyed. In the historical context, it refers to the return of the exiles to their homeland and the rebuilding of Jerusalem and other cities that had been laid waste. Theologically, it signifies hope and renewal, as God restores what was lost. This can also be seen as a metaphor for spiritual renewal, where God revives and restores the lives of His people. In the prophetic sense, it points to the ultimate restoration in the Messianic age, where Christ will reign and bring about a new creation (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah's ministry was primarily to the Kingdom of Judah. He is known for his prophecies concerning the coming of the Messiah and the future glory of God's people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecy. In this context, Israel represents God's chosen people who are promised expansion and restoration.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the Gentile nations surrounding Israel. The prophecy indicates that Israel's descendants will have influence over these nations.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/desolate_cities.htm">Desolate Cities</a></b><br>Symbolic of places that were once abandoned or destroyed, which will be revitalized and inhabited by Israel's descendants.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/descendants.htm">Descendants</a></b><br>The future generations of Israel who will fulfill God's promise of expansion and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/promise_of_expansion.htm">Promise of Expansion</a></b><br>God's promises often involve growth and expansion, both physically and spiritually. Believers can trust in God's ability to enlarge their influence and impact for His kingdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_renewal.htm">Restoration and Renewal</a></b><br>Just as God promised to restore desolate cities, He can bring renewal to areas of our lives that feel abandoned or broken.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/inheritance_of_the_nations.htm">Inheritance of the Nations</a></b><br>The prophecy points to a future where God's people will have influence over the nations. This can be seen as a call for believers to engage with the world and spread the Gospel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a></b><br>The fulfillment of God's promises may not always be immediate, but they are certain. Believers are encouraged to have faith and patience as they await God's timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_descendants.htm">Spiritual Descendants</a></b><br>As spiritual descendants of Abraham, Christians are called to live out the promises of God, expanding His kingdom through evangelism and discipleship.<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/key_events_in_genesis.htm">What are the key events in the Book of Genesis?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_new_heavens,_earth.htm">What does the Bible say about new heavens and earth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_haven't_all_nations_recognized_jerusalem.htm">If Isaiah 60:3 predicts nations flocking to Jerusalem's light, why haven't all nations historically recognized Jerusalem's religious and cultural significance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_isaiah_17_3_with_other_accounts.htm">How do we reconcile Isaiah 17:3's prediction of the end of fortified cities with other biblical accounts that describe their continued presence in Israel and Judah?</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>(3) <span class= "bld">On the right hand and on the</span> <span class= "bld">left.</span>--Comp. <a href="/genesis/28-14.htm" title="And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.">Genesis 28:14</a>. Strictly speaking, the words indicate specially the north and the south, in relation to one who stands looking towards the East. Here, of course, they mean "on every side." The words that follow have, like others, a lower or material and a higher or spiritual meaning.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/54.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For thou shalt break forth</span>; or, <span class="accented">thou shalt increase</span> (see <a href="/genesis/30-30.htm">Genesis 30:30, 43</a>; <a href="/exodus/1-12.htm">Exodus 1:12</a>). An overflow, like that of the bursting out of water, is pointed at. <span class="cmt_word">On the right hand and on the left</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "on all sides" (comp. <a href="/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14</a>). Thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles. The Christian Church is viewed as a continuation of the Jewish Church; and the conversion of nation after nation to the gospel is regarded as the extension of Jewish dominion over fresh lands. The cities of these lands - desolate hitherto, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> without godly inhabitants - will under these circumstances come to be inhabited; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> will be peopled by faithful men. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/54-3.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">כִּי־</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">you will spread out</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּפְרֹ֑צִי</span> <span class="translit">(tip̄·rō·ṣî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6555.htm">Strong's 6555: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break through</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the right</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3225.htm">Strong's 3225: </a> </span><span class="str2">The right hand, side, the south</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and left;</span><br /><span class="heb">וּשְׂמֹ֖אול</span> <span class="translit">(ū·śə·mō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8040.htm">Strong's 8040: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dark, the north, the left hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your descendants</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזַרְעֵךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·zar·‘êḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will dispossess</span><br /><span class="heb">יִירָ֔שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(yî·rāš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">גּוֹיִ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and inhabit</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹשִֽׁיבוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wō·šî·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the desolate</span><br /><span class="heb">נְשַׁמּ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(nə·šam·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stun, devastate, stupefy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cities.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָרִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/54-3.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 54:3 For you shall spread aboard (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 54:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 54:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/54-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 54:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 54:4" /></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>