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Isaiah 54:6

For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

KJV

Quia ut mulierem derelictam et mœrentem spiritu vocavit te Dominus, et uxorem ab adolescentia abjectam, dixit Deus tuus.

Vulgate

οὐχ ὡς γυναῖκα καταλελιμμένην καὶ ὀλιγόψυχον κέκληκέν σε ὁ κύριος, οὐδ’ ὡς γυναῖκα ἐκ νεότητος μεμισημένην· εἶπεν ὁ θεός σου.

LXX

For Jehovah hath called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, saith thy God.

ASV

כִּֽי כְ/אִשָּׁ֧ה עֲזוּבָ֛ה וַ/עֲצ֥וּבַת ר֖וּחַ קְרָאָ֣/ךְ יְהוָ֑ה וְ/אֵ֧שֶׁת נְעוּרִ֛ים כִּ֥י תִמָּאֵ֖ס אָמַ֥ר אֱלֹהָֽיִ/ךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 780×
י
y
noun · 46×
י
y
verb · 17×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מָאָ֔סוּ
m'sv
verb · 76×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. A certain one of those of moderate talent, who had composed a discourse, stepped forward in the presence of many pastors who were assembled as if for a church gathering, and while they attended quietly and decently, he addressed himself as follows to one who was in all things a most excellent bishop and beloved of God, through whose zeal the temple in Tyre, which was the mos…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 1:8 — Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
  • 1Sam 1:10 — And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
  • 2Cor 7:6 — Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
  • 2Cor 7:9 — Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
  • Eccl 9:9 — Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in th
  • Hos 2:1 — Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
  • Hos 2:14 — Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
  • Isa 30:19 — For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
  • Isa 49:14 — But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
  • Isa 50:1 — Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves,
  • Isa 54:11 — O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
  • Isa 60:15 — Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
  • Isa 62:4 — Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall
  • Mal 2:14 — Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
  • Mal 2:14 — Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
  • Mark 4:38 — And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
  • Matt 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
  • Prov 5:18 — Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
  • Rom 11:26 — And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
  • Song 2:11 — For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;