Isaiah 54:8
In an overflow of vexation, I hid my face for a moment, from thee, But, with lovingkindness age-abiding, have I had compassion on thee,—saith thy Redeemer Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
7For a small moment, I forsook thee,—But, with abounding compassions, do I embrace thee:
Cross References
Psalms 13:1How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 103:4Who redeemeth, from destruction, thy life, Who crowneth thee, with lovingkindness and compassion:
Isaiah 8:17I will therefore long for Yahweh, Who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob,—And will wait, for him.
Isaiah 47:6I had been provoked with my people, Had profaned mine inheritance, And given them into thy hand, …Thou shewedst them no compassion, Upon the elder, madest thou very heavy thy yoke.
Isaiah 49:26Then will I feed thy tormentors with their own flesh, And as with new wine—with their own blood, shall they be drunk,—So shall all flesh, know, that, I—Yahweh, am thy Saviour, And, thy Redeemer, is the Mighty One of Jacob.
Isaiah 54:10For, the mountains, may move away, And the hills, may be shaken,—But, my lovingkindness, from thee, shall not move away, And, my covenant of peace, shall not be shaken, saith he who hath compassion upon thee—Yahweh.
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 →