Isaiah 54:7
For a small moment, I forsook thee,—But, with abounding compassions, do I embrace thee:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 30:5For there is, a Moment, in his anger, a Life-time, in his good-pleasure, In the evening, cometh Weeping to lodge, But, by the morning,’tis a Shout of Triumph!
Psalms 106:47Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, That we may triumph aloud in thy praise.
Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, That My Lord will again a second time set his hand, to possess himself of the remnant of his people,—who shall be left—from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Ethiopia and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hamath and from the Coastlands of the sea;
Isaiah 27:12And it shall come to pass, in that day, That Yahweh will beat off his fruit from the stream of the River [="Euphrates"], unto the torrent-valley of Egypt,—And, ye, shall be picked up, one by one O sons of Israel.
Isaiah 43:5Do not fear for, with thee, I am,—From the East, will I bring in thy seed, And, from the West, will I gather thee:
Isaiah 56:8Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Who is gathering the outcasts of Israel:—Yet others, will I gather unto him Besides his own gathered ones.
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 →