Isaiah 54:15

Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
surely	גּ֥וֹר Gor	H1481	properly · verb, qal infinitive absolute
together	יָג֛וּר ya.Gur	H1481	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
not	אֶ֖פֶס 'E.fes	H657	cessation · noun, common masculine singular absolute
whosoever	מִי mi-	H4310	who? (occasionally · interrogative pronoun
together	גָ֥ר gar	H1481	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
fall	יִפּֽוֹל yi.Pol	H5307	to fall · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Isaiah 41:11-16 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee s…
Psalms 37:12-13 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Zechariah 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Zechariah 2:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the…
Isaiah 43:3-4 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Revelation 20:8-9 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the n…
Isaiah 43:14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, an…
Zechariah 14:2-3 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and h…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 54:11–end

Very precious promises are here made to the church in her low condition, that God would not only continue his love to his people under their troubles as before, but that he would restore them to their former prosperity, nay, that he would raise them to greater prosperity than any they had yet enjoyed. In the foregoing chapter we had the humiliation and exaltation of Christ; here we have the humiliation and exaltation of the church; for, if we suffer with him, we shall reign with him. Observe, I. The distressed state the church is here reduced to by the providence of God (Isa 54:11): "O thou afflicted, poor, and indigent society, that art tossed with tempests, like a ship driven from her anch…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 54:15

gather together, &c.--that is, If it should happen that enemies "gather together" against thee (Psa 2:2), they will not have been sent by Me (compare Hos 8:4) as instruments of My wrath (nay, it will be with My disapproval); for "whosoever shall gather together," &c. (Psa 59:3). fall for thy sake--rather, "shall come over to thy side" [LOWTH]. Literally, "fall to thee" (Jer 21:9; Jer 39:9). To be fully fulfilled to Jerusalem hereafter (Zac 14:16).

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 54:15

Shall fall for thy sake "Shall come over to thy side" - For יפול yippol, twenty-eight MSS. (eight ancient) have יפל yipal, in its more common form. For the meaning of the word in this place, see Jer 37:13.

John Gill on Isaiah 54:15

Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me,.... Not by the Lord, by his command or order to do his will, and execute his pleasure, which sometimes was the case, as in Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, and others; but so it shall not be, when the enemies of Christ and his people gather together against them in the latter day; this will be by the means of three unclean spirits like frogs that will come out of the mouth of the dragon, beast, and false prophet; even spirits of devils, Popish priests, and Jesuits, who will instigate, stir up, and get together the antichristian kings of the earth to the battle of almighty God, Revelation 16:14. Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, interpret…

The Church Fathers

(Verse 15.) Behold, a resident will come, who was not with me; your former stranger will be joined to you. LXX: Behold, proselytes will come to you through me, and they will be your settlers, and they will flee to you. And the Jews believe that this is said about Jerusalem, that many from the Gentiles will become proselytes and accept the law of Moses and its ceremonies. This, according to our interpretation made in reference to the Church, which is gathered by the apostles from both peoples, which has no blemish or wrinkle, which is free, and the mother of all believers (Ephesians 5; Galatians 4). The Lord sent his disciples to gather the lost, converts, and strangers, saying: Teach all nations (Matthew 28:19), so that they may seek refuge in the Gospel and receive the new Law, that former inhabitants of idolatry may become members of the Church. Concerning them, it is said in the Psalms: The Lord makes the wise blind. Or as it is read in Latin manuscripts: The Lord enlightens the blind, The Lord loves strangers (Psalm 146:8-9): so that after the blind receive the light of truth and fools learn wisdom, then those who come to the Church are loved by the Lord, and they hear through the prophet: I will call not my people, my people (Hosea 2:24); with the entrance of these individuals into the Temple of God, zeal seizes the unlearned people.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

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Isaiah 54:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 54:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 54:15

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 54:15

John Gill on Isaiah 54:15

The Church Fathers

Isaiah 54:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 54:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 54:15

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 54:15

John Gill on Isaiah 54:15

The Church Fathers

John Calvin on Isaiah 54:15

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 54:14-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 54:15

Rashi on Isaiah 54:15