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Isaiah 54

Isa. 54:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Sing
ranan (Hebrew #7442)
properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy)
KJV usage: aloud for joy, cry out, be joyful (greatly, make to) rejoice, (cause to) shout (for joy), (cause to) sing (aloud, for joy, out), triumph.
Pronounce: raw-nan'
Origin: a primitive root
p, O barren
`aqar (Hebrew #6135)
sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs)
KJV usage: (X male or female) barren (woman).
Pronounce: aw-kawr'
Origin: from 6131
, thou that didst not bear
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
; break forth
patsach (Hebrew #6476)
to break out (in joyful sound)
KJV usage: break (forth, forth into joy), make a loud noise.
Pronounce: paw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
into singing
rinnah (Hebrew #7440)
properly, a creaking (or shrill sound), i.e. shout (of joy or grief)
KJV usage: cry, gladness, joy, proclamation, rejoicing, shouting, sing(-ing), triumph.
Pronounce: rin-naw'
Origin: from 7442
, and cry aloud
tsahal (Hebrew #6670)
to gleam, i.e. (figuratively) be cheerful; by transf. to sound clear (of various animal or human expressions)
KJV usage: bellow, cry aloud (out), lift up, neigh, rejoice, make to shine, shout.
Pronounce: tsaw-hal'
Origin: a prim root
, thou that didst not travail with child
chuwl (Hebrew #2342)
a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Pronounce: khool
Origin: or chiyl {kheel}
: for more
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
are the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of the desolate
shamem (Hebrew #8074)
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
KJV usage: make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
Pronounce: shaw-mame'
Origin: a primitive root
than the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of the married wife
ba`al (Hebrew #1166)
to be master; hence, (as denominative from 1167) to marry
KJV usage: have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, X wife).
Pronounce: baw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
, saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Zeph. 3:14• 14Exult, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; rejoice and be glad with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem: (Zeph. 3:14)
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Gal. 4:27• 27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than those of her that has a husband. (Gal. 4:27)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  The prophet, for the comfort of the Gentiles, prophesies the amplitude of their church;
4-5:  their safety;
6-10:  their certain deliverance out of affliction;
11-14:  their fair edification;
15-17:  and their sure preservation.
O barren.
Isa. 62:4• 4Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called, My delight is in her, and thy land, Married; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. (Isa. 62:4)
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Song of Sol. 8:8• 8We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?-- (Song of Sol. 8:8)
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Gal. 4:27• 27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than those of her that has a husband. (Gal. 4:27)
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Isa. 42:10‑11• 10Sing unto Jehovah a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles and their inhabitants.
 11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains: (Isa. 42:10‑11)
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Isa. 44:23• 23Sing, ye heavens; for Jehovah hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, the forest, and every tree therein! For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. (Isa. 44:23)
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Isa. 49:13• 13Shout, ye heavens; and be joyful, thou earth; and break forth into singing, ye mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted ones. (Isa. 49:13)
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Isa. 55:12‑13• 12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
 13Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. (Isa. 55:12‑13)
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Psa. 67:3‑5• 3Let the peoples praise thee, O God, let all the peoples praise thee.
 4Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy: for thou wilt judge the peoples equitably; and the nations upon earth, thou wilt guide them. Selah.
 5Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee. (Psa. 67:3‑5)
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Psa. 98:3‑9• 3He hath remembered his loving-kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
 4Shout aloud unto Jehovah, all the earth; break forth and shout for joy, and sing psalms.
 5Sing psalms unto Jehovah with the harp: with the harp, and the voice of a song;
 6With trumpets and sound of cornet, make a joyful noise before the King, Jehovah.
 7Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein;
 8Let the floods clap their hands; let the mountains sing for joy together,
 9Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. (Psa. 98:3‑9)
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Zeph. 3:14• 14Exult, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; rejoice and be glad with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem: (Zeph. 3:14)
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Zech. 9:9• 9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh to thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass. (Zech. 9:9)
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Rev. 7:9‑10• 9After these things I saw, and lo, a great crowd, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands.
 10And they cry with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb. (Rev. 7:9‑10)
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1 Sam. 2:5• 5They that were full have hired themselves out for bread; and the hungry are so no more: Even the barren beareth seven, and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. (1 Sam. 2:5)
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Psa. 113:9• 9He maketh the barren woman to keep house, as a joyful mother of sons. Hallelujah! (Psa. 113:9)
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Heb. 11:11‑12• 11By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and that beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.
 12Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which is by the sea shore. (Heb. 11:11‑12)
• Chapter 54 proceeds to unfold the results for Israel of the sufferings of her Messiah. (“Isaiah 54” by F.B. Hole)
• The time is coming when, as one of the fruits springing from Christ’s sacrificial death, Israel— the true Israel of God— will break forth into singing. That people who were so barren and unfruitful under the law, when on that basis outwardly married to Jehovah, will be not only joyful but abundantly multiplied and blessed. (“Isaiah 54” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Exult, thou barren, that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and shout for joy, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.