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In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on you, says Yahweh your Redeemer.
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A Moment vs. Eternity
Commentators unanimously highlight the powerful contrast in this verse. God's discipline, no matter how intense it feels, is described as lasting only 'for a moment.' In stark opposition, His lovingkindness and mercy are 'everlasting.' As John Calvin notes, even a long period of suffering is momentary when compared to the eternal, uninterrupted grace of God. This perspective helps believers endure seasons of hardship with hope.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In a little wrath - The Syriac renders this, ‘In great wrath.’ The Vulgate, ‘In a moment of indignation.’ The Septuagint, ‘In a little wrath…
19th Century
Anglican
In a little wrath. —The Hebrew has the rhetorical emphasis of rhyme, bĕshetsheph, guetseph, literally, in a gush or burst of …
Baptist
But with great mercies will I gather you. In a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness will I have merc…
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16th Century
Protestant
In a moment of wrath. He again repeats and enforces this statement to impress it more deeply on the hearts of believers, so that they may …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
In a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment This signifies much the same as before, when God hides his face fro…
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
Give praise, O you barren. Here, against the dejection of their circumstances, he promises the remedy of exaltation.
