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title: "Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 4"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "William Pringle"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 38 of 50
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-isaiah-volume-4/38/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. William Pringle, Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 4, section 38. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-isaiah-volume-4/38/"
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# Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 4

*John Calvin, tr. William Pringle*

Calvin on the prophet Isaiah, volume 4 of 4.

## 38. Chapter 54

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[¶0] 1 Shout, O barrens that didst not bear; Shout And sing, thou that didst not conceive; For more are the children of the widow, Than the children of the married woman, saith Jehovah.

[¶1] 2 Widen the place of thy tabernacles; And let them stretch out the curtains of thy tents; Spare not; Lengthen thy cords; And strengthen thy stakes.

[¶2] 3 For on the right hand And on the left thou shalt be multiplied; And thy seed shall possess the Gentiles; And they shall inhabit the desolate cities.

[¶3] 4 Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; And blush not, for thou shalt not be exposed to disgrace; Yea, the shame of thy youth thou shalt forget; And the reproach of thy widowhood thou shalt no longer remember.

[¶4] 5 For thy husband is thy Make, Whose name is Jehovah of hosts; And thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

[¶5] 6 For as a woman forsaken And broken in spirit Jehovah hath called thee; And a wife of youth, Who hadst been dismissed, Saith thy God.

[¶6] 7 For a little moment have I forsaken thee, And with great mercies will I gather thee.

[¶7] 8 In a moment of wrath I hid my face for a little from thee; But with everlasting kindness have I had compassion on thee, Saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.

[¶8] 9 For the waters of Noah this is to me; As I have sworn that the waters of Noah Shall no more pass over the earth; So have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, To rebuke thee.

[¶9] 10 For the mountains shall indeed be shaken, And the hills shall tremble; But my mercy shall not depart from thee, And the covenant of my peace shall not waver, Saith Jehovah, who hath compassion on thee.

[¶10] 11 O thou wretched, tossed by a tempest, Destitute of consolation; Behold! I will build thy stones on carbuncles, And will found thee on sapphires.

[¶11] 12 And I will lay thy windows with pearls, And thy gates with shilling stone, And all thy borders with precious stone.

[¶12] 13 For all thy children shall be taught by Jehovah, And thy children shall have great peace.

[¶13] 14 In righteousness shalt thou be equipped; Thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear it; And from terror, for it shall not come near thee.

[¶14] 15 And he who assembleth shall assemble against thee without me; He who assembleth in thee shall fall against thee.

[¶15] 16 Behold! I have created the smith, That bloweth the coals in the fire, And bringeth out the instrument for his work; I have created the waster to destroy.

[¶16] 17 No instrument that hath been formed against thee shall prosper; And every tongue that hath risen against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah; And their righteousness is from me, saith Jehovah.