Isa 54:4-6 | JFB | STEP | 4. ( , ). shame of thy youth-- Israel's unfaithfulness as wife of Jehovah, almost from her earliest history. reproach of widowhood-- Israel's punishment in her consequent dismissal from God and barrenness of spiritual children in Babylon and her present dispersion ( ; ; , ; ; ).

‏ Isaiah 54:4-6

shame of thy youth--Israel's unfaithfulness as wife of Jehovah, almost from her earliest history.

reproach of widowhood--Israel's punishment in her consequent dismissal from God and barrenness of spiritual children in Babylon and her present dispersion (Is 54:1; Is 49:21; Jr 3:24, 25; 31:19; Ho 2:2-5).

5. (Is 62:5; Jr 3:14). That God was Israel's "Maker," both as individuals and as the theocratic kingdom, is the pledge of assurance that He will be her Redeemer (Is 43:1-3). Hebrew, "makers ... husbands"; plural for singular, to denote excellency.

of Israel ... whole earth--Not until He manifests Himself as God of Israel shall He appear as God of the whole earth (Psa 102:13, 15, 16; Zec 14:5, 9).

6. called--that is, recalled: the prophetic past for the future.

forsaken--that had been forsaken.

when thou--or, "when she was rejected"; one who had been a wife of youth (Eze 16:8, 22, 60; Jr 2:2) at the time when (thou, or) she was rejected for infidelity [Maurer]. "A wife of youth but afterwards rejected" [Lowth].