Isaiah 54:7

For a rega katon (small moment) have I abandoned thee; 1 but with rachamim gedolim will I gather thee back. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

In Context

6For Hashem hath called thee back, 1 thou who art like an isha forsaken and atzuvat ruach (grieved in spirit) 1 as a cast off eshet ne'urim (wife of oneʼs youth), 1 saith thy G-d. 1

8With a little wrath 1 I hid My face from thee for a rega (moment); 1 but with chesed olam 1 will I have rachamim on thee, 1 saith thy Go'el, Hashem. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 30:5Sing unto Hashem, O ye chasidim of His, 1 and give thanks to His Zekher Kodesh. 1

Psalms 106:47Hoshieini (save us), Hashem Eloheinu, 1 and gather us from among the Goyim, 1 to give thanks unto Thy Shem Kadosh, 1 and to glory in Thy tehillah (praise). 1

Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in Yom HaHu, that Adonoi shall set His yad again the second time to recover the She'ar (Remnant) of His people, which shall be left, + 11:11 as survivors from Assyria, and from Mitzrayim, and from Patros, and from Kush, and from Eilam, and from Shinar, and from Chamat, and from the islands of the sea. 1

Isaiah 27:12And it shall come to pass in Yom Hahu, that Hashem shall thresh from the flowing Nahar (i.e. [Euphrates] River) unto the Wadi Mitzrayim, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye Bnei Yisroel.

Isaiah 43:5Fear not; 1 for I am with thee: 1 I will bring thy zera from the mizrach (east), 1 and gather thee from the ma'arav (west); 1

Isaiah 56:8Thus says Adonoi Hashem, 1 Who gathereth the Nidchei Yisroel (the outcasts of Israel, i.e., those being divinely gathered back from the Golus): 1 Yet will I gather others, 1 besides those that are already gathered. + 56:8 See Yn 10:16 1

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 →

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