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Forgetting a Painful Past
Commentators widely agree that this promise originally addressed Israel's collective trauma. The 'shame of youth' is identified as the slavery in Egypt, and the 'reproach of widowhood' as the desolate period of the Babylonian exile. The prophecy assures them that God's future restoration will be so glorious that these past shames will be completely overshadowed and forgotten.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 54:4
18th Century
Theologian
Fear not ... - (See notes on Isaiah 41:10 and Isaiah 41:14).
Neither shall you be confounded - All these words mean substantia…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 54:4
19th Century
Bishop
You shall forget. —The shame of your youth, was the Egyptian bondage, from which Jehovah chose Israel to be His …
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 54:4
19th Century
Preacher
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 54:4
16th Century
Theologian
Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed. Here, as formerly, he strengthens the hearts of believers and addresses the whole Church, for the…
John Gill
On Isaiah 54:4
17th Century
Pastor
Fear not
The fulfilment of these things; however unlikely and unpromising they might seem, yet God was able to perfo…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 54:1–5
17th Century
Minister
Observe the low state of religion in the world for a long time before Christianity was brought in. But by preaching the gospel, multitudes were con…