Isaiah Chapter 54 verse 7 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 54:7

For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
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BBE Isaiah 54:7

For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again.
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DARBY Isaiah 54:7

For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
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KJV Isaiah 54:7

For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
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WBT Isaiah 54:7


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WEB Isaiah 54:7

For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you.
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YLT Isaiah 54:7

In a small moment I have forsaken thee, And in great mercies I do gather thee,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 7, 8. - For a small moment have I forsaken thee. The sixty or seventy years of the Captivity were but as a moment of time compared with the long ages during which God had tenderly watched over and protected his Church, and, still more, compared with the eternity during which he was now about to show himself her constant Guardian and Protector. There had been a little wrath; or rather, one burst of wrath; and then Mercy had resumed her sway. The face hid for a moment had been allowed once more to shine upon the afflicted people; and the momentary indignation would be followed by, and swallowed up in, ever-lasting kindness (compare above, Isaiah 26:20 and Psalm 30:5, "His anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning").

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) For a small moment.--Historically the words point to the seventy years of exile, as being but a transient interruption of the manifestation of the everlasting mercies. Spiritually they have wider and manifold fulfilments in the history of individuals, of the Church, of mankind.