Isaiah 54

Isaiah 54 is the fifty-fourth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. Chapters 40-55 are known as "Deutero-Isaiah" and date from the time of the Israelites' exile in Babylon.

Text

The original text was written in Hebrew language. [Chapters and verses of the Bible|This chapter is divided into] 17 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis.
Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls :

1QIsa^a: complete
1QIsa^b: extant verses 1–6
4QIsa^c : extant verses 3–17
4QIsa^d : extant verses 1–11
4QIsa^q : extant verses 11–13

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Isaiah 54 is a part of the Consolations . : open parashah; : closed parashah.

Verse 1

Cross reference: Isaiah 62:4; ;

Cited in Galatians 4:27 to highlight 'the contrast between the spiritual and the earthly Jerusalem', that is, between 'the church of Christ and the Jewish community'.

Verse 8

"In a little wrath": from Hebrew בְּשֶׁ֣צֶף קֶ֗צֶף, , with the 'rhetorical emphasis of rhyme', literally, "in a gush or burst of wrath", which, although terrible at the time, but lasts only for a moment.

Verse 9

Referring to the promise of God to Noah in,

Verse 10

The aftermath of the flood becomes 'the occasion for God to promise the continuance of his steadfast love and of peace '.