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Isaiah 54

1 Mo of the Gentiles shal believe the Gospel then of the Jewes. 7 God leaveth his for a time, to whom afterward he sheweth mercie.
1.Rejoyce, ô abarren that didest not beare: break forth into joy and rejoyce, thou that didest not travail with child: for the bdesolate hath mo children then the married wife, saith the Lord.
2.cEnlarge the place of thy tents, and let them spread out the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, stretch out thy cords, and make fast thy stakes.
3.For thou shalt increase on the right hand and on the left, and thy seed shal possess the Gentiles & dwell in the desolate cities.
4.Fear not: for thou shalt not be ashamed, neither shalt thou be confounded: for thou shalt not be put to shame: yea, thou shalt forget the shame of thy dyouth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy ewiddowhead any more.
5.For he that fmade thee, is thine housband (whose Name is the Lord of hostes) and thy redeemer the holie one of Israél, shalbe called the God of the whole gworld.
6.For the Lord hath called thee, being as a woman forsaken, and afflicted in spirit, and as a hyong wife when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
7.For a little while have I forsaken thee, but with great compassion will I gather thee.
8.For a moment, in mine anger, I hid my face from thee for a little season, but with everlasting mercie have I had compassion on thee, saith the Lord thy redeemer.
9.For this is unto me as the iwaters of Noáh: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noáh should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I would not be angry with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10.For the mountains shal remove and the hills shal fall down: but my mercie shal not depart from thee, neither shal the covenant of my peace fall away, saith the Lord, that hath compassion on thee.
11.O thou afflicted and tossed with tempest, that hast no comfort, behold, I will lay thy stones with kthe carbuncle, and lay thy fundacion with saphirs,
12.And I will make thy windows of ^emeraudes, and thy gates shining stones, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
13.And all thy children shalbe ltaught of the Lord, and much peace shalbe to thy children.
14.In mrighteousness shalt thou be established, and be far from oppression: for thou shalt not fear it: and from fear, nfor it shal not come near thee.
15.Behold, the enemy shal gather him self, but without me: whosoever shal gather him self in thee, oagainst thee, shal fall.
16.Behold, I have created the psmith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and him that bringeth forth an instrument for his work, and I have created the destroyer to destroy.
17.But all the weapons that are made against thee, shal not prosper: and every tongue that shal rise against thee in judgement, thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

Notes

1-a.
After that he has declared the death of Christ, he speaks to the Church, because it should feel the fruit of the same, and calls her barren, because that in the captivity she was as a widow without hope to have any children.
1-b.
The Church in this her affliction, and captivity shall bring forth more children then when she was at liberty or this may be spoken by admiration, considering the great number that should come of her. Her deliverance under Cyrus was as her childhood, and therefore this was accomplished, when she came to her age, which was under the Gospel.
2-c.
Signifying, that for the great number of children, that God should give her, she should seem to lack room to lodge them.
4-d.
The afflictions which you suffered at the beginning.
4-e.
When as you were refused for your sins, Ch. 50.1.
5-f.
That did regenerate you by his holy Spirit.
5-g.
His glory shall shine through the whole world, which seemed before to be shut up in Judea.
6-h.
As a wife which was forsaken in her youth.
9-i.
As sure as the promise that I made to Noah, that the waters should no more overflow the earth.
11-k.
Hereby he declares the excellent state of the Church under Christ.
12-^.
Or jasper, or, pearl.
13-l.
By the hearing of his word and inward moving of his Spirit.
14-m.
In stability and sureness so that it shall stand forever.
14-n.
And therefore shall not prevail.
15-o.
Meaning the domestical enemies of the Church as are the hypocrites.
16-p.
Signifying hereby that man can do nothing but so far as God gives power: for seeing that all are his creatures, he mus needs govern and guide them.