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Selected Verse: Isaiah 54:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 54:4 |
Strong Concordance |
Fear [03372] not; for thou shalt not be ashamed [0954]: neither be thou confounded [03637]; for thou shalt not be put to shame [02659]: for thou shalt forget [07911] the shame [01322] of thy youth [05934], and shalt not remember [02142] the reproach [02781] of thy widowhood [0491] any more. |
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King James |
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Isa 41:10, Isa 41:14).
shame of thy youth--Israel's unfaithfulness as wife of Jehovah, almost from her earliest history.
reproach of widowhood--Israel's punishment in her consequent dismissal from God and barrenness of spiritual children in Babylon and her present dispersion (Isa 54:1; Isa 49:21; Jer 3:24-25; Jer 31:19; Hos 2:2-5). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Fear not ... - (See Isa 41:10, note, Isa 41:14, note).
Neither shalt thou be confounded - All these words mean substantially the same thing; and the design of the prophet is to affirm, in the strongest possible manner, that the church of God should be abundantly prospered and enlarged. The image of the female that was barren is kept up, and the idea is, that there should be no occasion of the shame which she felt who had no children.
For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth - In the abundant increase and glory of future times, the circumstances of shame which attended their early history shall be forgotten. The 'youth' of the Jewish people refers doubtless to the bondage of Egypt, and the trials and calamities which came upon them there. So great should be their future prosperity and glory, that all this should be forgotten.
The reproach of thy widowhood - The captivity at Babylon, when they were like a woman bereft of her husband and children (see the notes at Isa 49:21). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The encouraging promise is continued in Isa 54:4 : "Fear not, for thou wilt not be put to shame; and bid defiance to reproach, for thou wilt not blush: no, thou wilt forget the shame of thy youth, and wilt no more remember the reproach of thy widowhood." Now that redemption was before the door, Israel was not to fear any more, or to be overcome (as the niphal nikhlam implies) by a felling of the shame consequent upon her state of punishment, or so to behave herself as to leave no room for hope. For a state of things was about to commence, in which she would have no need to be ashamed (on bōsh and châphēr or hechpı̄r), but which, on the contrary (כּי, imo, as in Isa 10:7; Isa 55:9), would be so glorious that she would forget the shame of her youth, i.e., of the Egyptian bondage, in which the national community of Israel was still but like a virgin (‛almâh), who entered into a betrothal when redeemed by Jehovah, and became His youthful wife through a covenant of love (ehe = berı̄th) when the law was given at Sinai (Jer 2:2; Eze 16:60); so glorious indeed, that she would never again remember the shame of her widowhood, i.e., of the Babylonian captivity, in which she, the wife whom Jehovah had taken to Himself, was like a widow whose husband had died. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Ashamed - For the barrenness and widowhood, which once was the matter of thy grief and shame. Forget - Thou shalt not be upbraided with thy former barrenness in thy youthful state. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth - That is, "The bondage of Egypt: widowhood, the captivity of Babylon." - Secker. |
2 Plead [07378] with your mother [0517], plead [07378]: for she is not my wife [0802], neither am I her husband [0376]: let her therefore put away [05493] her whoredoms [02183] out of her sight [06440], and her adulteries [05005] from between her breasts [07699];
3 Lest I strip [06584] her naked [06174], and set [03322] her as in the day [03117] that she was born [03205], and make [07760] her as a wilderness [04057], and set [07896] her like a dry [06723] land [0776], and slay [04191] her with thirst [06772].
4 And I will not have mercy [07355] upon her children [01121]; for they be the children [01121] of whoredoms [02183].
5 For their mother [0517] hath played the harlot [02181]: she that conceived [02029] them hath done shamefully [03001]: for she said [0559], I will go [03212] after [0310] my lovers [0157], that give [05414] me my bread [03899] and my water [04325], my wool [06785] and my flax [06593], mine oil [08081] and my drink [08250].
19 Surely after [0310] that I was turned [07725], I repented [05162]; and after [0310] that I was instructed [03045], I smote [05606] upon my thigh [03409]: I was ashamed [0954], yea, even confounded [03637], because I did bear [05375] the reproach [02781] of my youth [05271].
24 For shame [01322] hath devoured [0398] the labour [03018] of our fathers [01] from our youth [05271]; their flocks [06629] and their herds [01241], their sons [01121] and their daughters [01323].
25 We lie down [07901] in our shame [01322], and our confusion [03639] covereth [03680] us: for we have sinned [02398] against the LORD [03068] our God [0430], we and our fathers [01], from our youth [05271] even unto this day [03117], and have not obeyed [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430].
21 Then shalt thou say [0559] in thine heart [03824], Who hath begotten [03205] me these, seeing I have lost my children [07921], and am desolate [01565], a captive [01540], and removing to and fro [05493]? and who hath brought up [01431] these? Behold, I was left [07604] alone; these, where [0375] had they been?
1 Sing [07442], O barren [06135], thou that didst not bear [03205]; break forth [06476] into singing [07440], and cry aloud [06670], thou that didst not travail with child [02342]: for more [07227] are the children [01121] of the desolate [08074] than the children [01121] of the married wife [01166], saith [0559] the LORD [03068].
14 Fear [03372] not, thou worm [08438] Jacob [03290], and ye men [04962] of Israel [03478]; I will help [05826] thee, saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and thy redeemer [01350], the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478].
10 Fear [03372] thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed [08159]; for I am thy God [0430]: I will strengthen [0553] thee; yea, I will help [05826] thee; yea, I will uphold [08551] thee with the right hand [03225] of my righteousness [06664].
21 Then shalt thou say [0559] in thine heart [03824], Who hath begotten [03205] me these, seeing I have lost my children [07921], and am desolate [01565], a captive [01540], and removing to and fro [05493]? and who hath brought up [01431] these? Behold, I was left [07604] alone; these, where [0375] had they been?
14 Fear [03372] not, thou worm [08438] Jacob [03290], and ye men [04962] of Israel [03478]; I will help [05826] thee, saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and thy redeemer [01350], the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478].
10 Fear [03372] thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed [08159]; for I am thy God [0430]: I will strengthen [0553] thee; yea, I will help [05826] thee; yea, I will uphold [08551] thee with the right hand [03225] of my righteousness [06664].
60 Nevertheless I will remember [02142] my covenant [01285] with thee in the days [03117] of thy youth [05271], and I will establish [06965] unto thee an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285].
2 Go [01980] and cry [07121] in the ears [0241] of Jerusalem [03389], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; I remember [02142] thee, the kindness [02617] of thy youth [05271], the love [0160] of thine espousals [03623], when thou wentest [03212] after [0310] me in the wilderness [04057], in a land [0776] that was not sown [02232].
9 For as the heavens [08064] are higher [01361] than the earth [0776], so are my ways [01870] higher [01361] than your ways [01870], and my thoughts [04284] than your thoughts [04284].
7 Howbeit he meaneth [01819] not so, neither doth his heart [03824] think [02803] so; but it is in his heart [03824] to destroy [08045] and cut off [03772] nations [01471] not a few [04592].
4 Fear [03372] not; for thou shalt not be ashamed [0954]: neither be thou confounded [03637]; for thou shalt not be put to shame [02659]: for thou shalt forget [07911] the shame [01322] of thy youth [05934], and shalt not remember [02142] the reproach [02781] of thy widowhood [0491] any more.