Isaiah 54:1

Sing, O akarah (barren woman), + 54:1 i.e., Yerushalayim emptied out by the Golus that Isaiah sees coming thou that didst not bear; 1 break forth into singing, and shout for joy, 1 thou that didst not travail with child; 1 for rabbim bnei shome'mah (more are the children of the desolate woman) + 54:1 i.e. referring to those of Jerusalem making aliyah from the Golus so that Moshiachʼs Kehillah can come forth at Jerusalem — Ac 2:41 1 than the bnei be'ulah (children of the married woman), + 54:1 i.e., Jerusalem as the Sarah at first barren then greatly fruitful; see Gn 17:16 saith Hashem. + 54:1 See Ga 4:27 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

In Context

2Enlarge the makom (place, living area) of thy ohel, 1 and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine mishkenot (tents); 1 spare not, lengthen thy cords, 1 and thy stakes make chizzuk (stronger); 1

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Cross References

Psalms 67:3That Thy Derech may be known upon HaAretz, 1 Thy Yeshu'ah (salvation) among kol Goyim. 1

Psalms 113:9He settleth the akeret (barren woman) in her bais 1 to be a happy em of banim. 1 Praise ye Hashem.

Isaiah 42:10Sing unto Hashem a shir chadesh (new song), 1 and His tehillah from the ketzeh ha'aretz, 1 ye that go down to the yam, and all that is therein. 1 You iyim (islands), and the inhabitants thereof. 1

Isaiah 49:13Sing joyfully, O Shomayim; and rejoice, O Eretz; 1 and break forth into singing, O Harim; 1 for Hashem hath comforted His people, 1 and will have rachamim upon his afflicted ones. 1

Isaiah 55:12For ye shall go out with simcha, 1 and be led back with shalom; 1 the harim and the geva'ot (hills) 1 shall break forth into singing before you, 1 and kol atzei hasadeh shall clap their hands. 1

Zephaniah 3:14Sing, O Bat Tziyon; 1 shout, O Yisroel; 1 be glad and rejoice with all the lev, 1 O Bat Yerushalayim. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 54:1

The death of Christ is the life of the church and of all that truly belong to it; and therefore very fitly, after the prophet had foretold the sufferings of Christ, he foretels the flourishing of the church, which is a part of his glory, and that exaltation of him which was the reward of his humiliation: it was promised him that he should see his seed, and this chapter is an explication of that promise. It may easily be granted that it has a primary reference to the welfare and prosperity of the Jewish church… Read the whole commentary →

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