![]() The principle is true God will supply and meet our emotional needs, and rescue us from our disgrace and shame, when others have forsaken us.Ĭ. Forsaken by a husband, or forsaken of a husband, they have found beautiful comfort in the promise that God would be a husband to them, when all others forsook them. Through the centuries, many a hurting woman has taken this promise for herself. For your Maker is your husband: Though Israel might have been regarded as forsaken as a widow, the LORD promises to stand in the place of her husband. “ Shame…disgrace…humiliated represent three synonymous Hebrew verbs sharing the fundamental idea of disappointed hopes, the embarrassment of expecting – even publicly announcing – one thing and then reaping another.” (Motyer)ī. Here, the LORD promises rescue from Israel’s shame. And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore: Just as God compared the disgrace of Israel to the shame of barrenness, now He compares their humiliation to the reproach of widowhood. Like a youthful wife when you were refused,”Ī. Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame įor you will forget the shame of your youth,Īnd will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.Īnd your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel “Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed (4-6) Israel will be restored like a widow who is rescued from her reproach. This would be of particular comfort to the returning Babylonian exiles, who felt themselves small in number and weak. Enlarge the place of your tent: The curse and shame of barrenness would be so completely broken, and Israel would be so fruitful, that they would have to expand their living space. Paul also probably intended the phrase more are the children to also indicate that the children of the New Covenant would outnumber the children of the Old Covenant.ī. This passage is quoted by the Apostle Paul in Galatians 4:27, in reference to the miraculous “birth” of those under the New Covenant. God promises a glorious release from not only the exile and captivity, but also from the shame, disgrace, and humiliation. The Babylonian exile and captivity meant more than oppression for Israel it meant shame, disgrace, and humiliation. Here, the LORD likens captive Israel to a barren woman who can now sing – because now more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married woman. Sing, O barren, you who have not borne: In ancient Israel, the barren woman carried an enormous load of shame and disgrace. Than the children of the married woman,” says the LORD.Īnd let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings įor you shall expand to the right and to the left,Īnd your descendants will inherit the nations,Ī. (1-3) Israel will be restored like a barren woman who bears many children.įor more are the children of the desolate Sip: taste, and be satisfied.” (Charles Spurgeon) A. This chapter is the wood wherein every bough doth drip with virgin honey. The honey in Jonathan’s wood never enlightened his eyes until he dipped the point of his rod into it and tasted it. The personal application of a promise to the heart by the Holy Spirit is that which is wanted. No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest.“Try and suck all the sweetness that you can out of this chapter while we read it. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me," says Yahweh. No weapon that is formed against you will prevail and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness which is of me, saith the LORD. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their justice with me, saith the Lord. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper: and every tongue that resisteth thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD. No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the LORD. No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
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