Isaiah 54:2

Enlarge 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

In Context

1Sing, 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

3For thou shalt spread out on the yamin (right hand) and on the smol (left); 1 and thy zera shall inherit the Goyim, 1 and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 39:40The curtains of the khatzer (courtyard), its ammudim, and its sockets, and the masach Sha'ar HaKhatzer, its cords, and its tent pegs, and all the utensils of the Avodas HaMishkan, for the Ohel Mo'ed,

Isaiah 33:20Look upon Tziyon, the city of mo'adenu (our appointed times, festivals); 1 thine eynayim shall see Yerushalayim 1 a quiet naveh, 1 an ohel that shall not be taken down; 1 not one stake thereof shall ever be pulled up, 1 neither shall any of the ropes thereof be broken. 1

Jeremiah 10:20My ohel is destroyed, 1 and all my tent cords are broken; 1 my banim are gone forth of me, and are no more; 1 there is none to pitch any more my ohel, 1 and to hang up my tent curtains. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 54:2-6

The Prosperity of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 1 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 . 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the… Read the whole commentary →

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