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God as a Reconciling Husband
Commentators explain that this verse uses the powerful image of a husband calling back a wife he had rejected. The phrase "wife of youth" is key, signifying a deep, early love. As John Calvin notes, this suggests God's eagerness to reconcile, like a young husband whose tender love makes him quick to forgive. The pain of being "forsaken" is real, but God's call to restoration is even more powerful.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 54:6
18th Century
Theologian
For the Lord has called you - This is designed to confirm and illustrate the sentiment in the previous verse. God there says that he would…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 54:6
19th Century
Bishop
For the Lord hath called thee. —The words find their explanation, perhaps their starting-point, in the history of…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 54:5–7
19th Century
Preacher
The LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall be called. "For the LORD hath called t…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 54:6
16th Century
Theologian
For as a woman forsaken. He addresses a doubt that might arise in the minds of believers amidst such a distressing calamity. It seemed as …
John Gill
On Isaiah 54:6
17th Century
Pastor
For the Lord has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved
in spirit That has lost her hus…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 54:6–10
17th Century
Minister
As God is slow to anger, so he is swift to show mercy. And how sweet the returns of mercy would be when God comes and comforts them!
He will…