Isaiah 54:7
For a brief moment, I have forsaken you, and with great pities, I will gather you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 30:5You will lead me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me. For you are my protector.
Isaiah 11:11And this shall be in that day: the Lord will send forth his hand a second time to take possession of the remnant of his people who will be left behind: from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Isaiah 27:12And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will strike, from the channel of the river, even to the torrent of Egypt. And you shall be gathered together, one by one, O sons of Israel.
Isaiah 43:5Fear not, for I am with you. I will lead your offspring from the East, and I will gather you from the West.
Isaiah 56:8The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, says: Even now, I will gather his congregation to him.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 54:7-11
The Prosperity of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 6 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. 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go… Read the whole commentary →