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Selected Verse: Isaiah 54:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 54:3 |
Strong Concordance |
For thou shalt break forth [06555] on the right hand [03225] and on the left [08040]; and thy seed [02233] shall inherit [03423] the Gentiles [01471], and make the desolate [08074] cities [05892] to be inhabited [03427]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
break forth--rather, "burst forth" with increase; thy offspring shall grow, answering to "thy seed" in the parallel clause.
thy seed--Israel and her children, as distinguished from "the Gentiles."
desolate cities--of Israel (Isa 44:26). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For thou shalt break forth - (See the notes at Isa 49:19-20).
And make the desolate cities - (See the notes at Isa 44:26). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The reason why the tent is to be so large and strong is given in Isa 54:3 : "For thou wilt break forth on the right and on the left; and thy seed will take possession of nations, and they will people desolate cities." "On the right and on the left" is equivalent to "on the south and north" (Psa 89:13, the speaker being supposed to have his face turned towards the east: compare the Sanscrit apân, situated at the back, i.e., towards the west). We must supply both west and east, since the promises contained in such passages as Gen 15:18-21 remained unfulfilled even in the age of David and Solomon. Jerusalem will now spread out, and break through all her former bounds (pârats is used in the same sense in Gen 28:14); and her seed (i.e., the seed acquired by the Servant of Jehovah, the dead yet eternally living One, the σπέρμα, whose σπέρμα He Himself is) will take possession of nations (yârash, yârēsh, capessere, occupare; more especially κληρονομεῖν, syn. nâchal); and they (i.e., the children born to her) will people desolate cities (hōshı̄bh, the causative of yâshabh, to be inhabited, Isa 14:20). Thus will the promise be fulfilled, that "the meek shall inherit the earth," - a promise not confined to the Preacher on the mount, but found also in Psa 37:9-11, and uttered by our own prophet in Isa 60:21; Isa 65:9. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| For - Thou shalt bring forth a multitude of children; for this word is commonly used of any extraordinary propagation of living creatures. On the left - On every side, in all the parts of the world. Thy seed - Thy spiritual seed, the church of the New Testament, which is accounted Abraham's seed, or children. |
26 That confirmeth [06965] the word [01697] of his servant [05650], and performeth [07999] the counsel [06098] of his messengers [04397]; that saith [0559] to Jerusalem [03389], Thou shalt be inhabited [03427]; and to the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], Ye shall be built [01129], and I will raise up [06965] the decayed places [02723] thereof:
26 That confirmeth [06965] the word [01697] of his servant [05650], and performeth [07999] the counsel [06098] of his messengers [04397]; that saith [0559] to Jerusalem [03389], Thou shalt be inhabited [03427]; and to the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], Ye shall be built [01129], and I will raise up [06965] the decayed places [02723] thereof:
19 For thy waste [02723] and thy desolate places [08074], and the land [0776] of thy destruction [02035], shall even now be too narrow [03334] by reason of the inhabitants [03427], and they that swallowed thee up [01104] shall be far away [07368].
20 The children [01121] which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost [07923] the other, shall say [0559] again in thine ears [0241], The place [04725] is too strait [06862] for me: give [05066] place [04725] to me that I may dwell [03427].
9 And I will bring forth [03318] a seed [02233] out of Jacob [03290], and out of Judah [03063] an inheritor [03423] of my mountains [02022]: and mine elect [0972] shall inherit [03423] it, and my servants [05650] shall dwell [07931] there.
21 Thy people [05971] also shall be all righteous [06662]: they shall inherit [03423] the land [0776] for ever [05769], the branch [05342] of my planting [04302], the work [04639] of my hands [03027], that I may be glorified [06286].
9 For evildoers [07489] shall be cut off [03772]: but those that wait [06960] upon the LORD [03068], they shall inherit [03423] the earth [0776].
10 For yet a little while [04592], and the wicked [07563] shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider [0995] his place [04725], and it shall not be.
11 But the meek [06035] shall inherit [03423] the earth [0776]; and shall delight [06026] themselves in the abundance [07230] of peace [07965].
20 Thou shalt not be joined [03161] with them in burial [06900], because thou hast destroyed [07843] thy land [0776], and slain [02026] thy people [05971]: the seed [02233] of evildoers [07489] shall never [05769] be renowned [07121].
14 And thy seed [02233] shall be as the dust [06083] of the earth [0776], and thou shalt spread abroad [06555] to the west [03220], and to the east [06924], and to the north [06828], and to the south [05045]: and in thee and in thy seed [02233] shall all the families [04940] of the earth [0127] be blessed [01288].
18 In the same [01931] day [03117] the LORD [03068] made [03772] a covenant [01285] with Abram [087], saying [0559], Unto thy seed [02233] have I given [05414] this land [0776], from the river [05104] of Egypt [04714] unto the great [01419] river [05104], the river [05104] Euphrates [06578]:
19 The Kenites [07017], and the Kenizzites [07074], and the Kadmonites [06935],
20 And the Hittites [02850], and the Perizzites [06522], and the Rephaims [07497],
21 And the Amorites [0567], and the Canaanites [03669], and the Girgashites [01622], and the Jebusites [02983].
13 Thou hast a mighty [01369] arm [02220]: strong [05810] is thy hand [03027], and high [07311] is thy right hand [03225].
3 For thou shalt break forth [06555] on the right hand [03225] and on the left [08040]; and thy seed [02233] shall inherit [03423] the Gentiles [01471], and make the desolate [08074] cities [05892] to be inhabited [03427].