Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.

What should we learn from this chapter?

• Scenes of the Millennium

Isaiah 54

A Perpetual Covenant of Peace

Isaiah 54:¹ “Sing O barren,
You who have not borne!
Break forth into singing, and cry aloud,
You who have not labored with child!
For more are the children of the desolate
Than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ).

• Israel is spiritually “barren” in “delivering” (a harvest of souls) for God, and the Fig Tree is symbolic of the Jewish nation.
  
  The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree: Luke 13:⁶ He also spoke this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. ⁷ Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?’ ⁸ But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. ⁹And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.’ ”
  
• Isaiah 26:18
  We have been with child, we have been in pain; We have, as it were, brought forth wind (farts); We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth, Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
  
• The Promise of God for Israel:
  Isaiah 66:9
  Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the Lord. “Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God.
  
• Joel 2:32
  And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the Lord has said, Among the remnant whom the Lord calls.
  
• Obadiah 1:17
  Israel’s Final Triumph
  “But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, And there shall be holiness; The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

Isaiah 54:² “Enlarge the place of your tent,
And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings;
Do not spare;
Lengthen your cords,
And strengthen your stakes.

• In the Millennium, the Jewish nation will enlarge their family, their people, their land, and their exalted position among the nations.

Isaiah 54:³ For you shall expand to the right and to the left,
And your descendants will inherit the nations,
And make the desolate cities inhabited.

• In the millennium Jesus is reigning in Jerusalem as King of kings over all the nations of the earth.
  The Jews also inherit the nations.
• Psalm 2:⁶ “Yet I have set (established) My King on My holy hill of Zion.”
  ⁷ “I will declare the decree:
  The Lord has said to Me,
  ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
  ⁸ Ask of Me, and I will give You
  The nations for Your inheritance,
  And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
  ⁹ You shall break them (or rule over them) with a rod of iron;
  You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

Isaiah 54:⁴ “Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame;
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.

Isaiah 54:⁵ For your Maker is your husband,
The Lord of hosts (Yᵊhōvâ ṣāḇā’) is His name;
And your Redeemer (Kinsman Redeemer gā’al) is the Holy One of Israel;
He is called the God (‘ĕlōhîm) of the whole earth.

• The Old Testament Jews are the 1st wife of God.
  The New Testament Believers are the bride of Christ and God’s 2nd wife.

Isaiah 54:⁶ For the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) has called you
Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Like a youthful wife when you were refused,”
Says your God (‘ĕlōhîm).

Isaiah 54:⁷ “For a mere moment I have forsaken you,
But with great mercies I will gather you.

Isaiah 54:⁸ With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment;
But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,”
Says the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ), your Redeemer (Kinsman Redeemer gā’al).

Isaiah 54:⁹ “For this is like the waters of Noah to Me;
For as I have sworn
That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth,
So have I sworn
That I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.

• The “Waters of Noah” dissipated as proof that God keeps His promises.

Isaiah 54:¹⁰ For the mountains shall depart
And the hills be removed,

• An End Time event related to Jesus’ 2nd coming: Reference Verses on end times:
  
  • Zechariah 14:4
    And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south.
    
  • Ezekiel 38:20
    So that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence. The mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.’
    
  • Hosea 10:8
    Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, Shall be destroyed. The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars; They shall say to the mountains, “Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”
    
  • Luke 23:30
    Then they will begin ‘to say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!” ’
    
  • Revelation 6:16
    and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
    
  • Isaiah 54:10
    For the mountains shall depart And the hills be removed…
    
  • Revelation 16:18
    And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth.

Isaiah 54:¹⁰ (continued) But My kindness shall not depart from you,
Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,”
Says the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ), who has mercy on you.

Isaiah 54:¹¹ “O you afflicted one,
Tossed with tempest, and not comforted,

• The seven year Tribulation is called “the Days of Affliction”
  
• Isaiah 48:10
  Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
  
• Hosea 5:15
  I will return again to My place Till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

Behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems,
And lay your foundations with sapphires.

Isaiah 54:¹² I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
Your gates of crystal,
And all your walls of precious stones.

• Reference Verse(s)
  
  • Rev 21:19 The New Jerusalem: The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
    
  • Rev 21:9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride (or woman), the Lamb’s wife.”

Isaiah 54:¹³ All your children shall be taught by the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ),
And great shall be the peace of your children.

• PEACE FOR JERUSALEM!

Isaiah 54:¹⁴ In righteousness you shall be established;
You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
And from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Isaiah 54:¹⁵ Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me.
Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.

• Armageddon on the hills of Megiddo.

Isaiah 54:¹⁶ “Behold, I have created the blacksmith
Who blows the coals in the fire,
Who brings forth an instrument (Or weapon) for his work;
And I have created the spoiler (destroyer) to destroy.

Isaiah 54:¹⁷ No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ),
And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ).

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