Isaiah

Isaiah 54:1–2

1“Shout for joy, O barren woman,

who bears no children;

break forth in song and cry aloud,

you who have never travailed;

because more are the children of the desolate woman

than of her who has a husband,”a

says the LORD.

2“Enlarge the site of your tent,

stretch out the curtains of your dwellings,

do not hold back.

Lengthen your ropes

and drive your stakes in deep.b

Footnotes

  • a 54:1 Cited in Galatians 4:27|GAL 4:27
  • b 54:2 Or and strengthen your stakes

Read all of Isaiah 54

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

Isaiah 54:1

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Shout for joyרָנִּ֥יrān·nîVerb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularH7442 give a ringing cry
O barren womanעֲקָרָ֖ה‘ă·qā·rāhAdjective - feminine singularH6135 barren
who bears no childrenיָלָ֑דָהyā·lā·ḏāhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularH3205 bear, bring forth, beget
break forthפִּצְחִ֨יpiṣ·ḥîVerb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularH6476 cause to break or burst forth, break forth with
in songרִנָּ֤הrin·nāhNoun - feminine singularH7440 ringing cry
and cry aloudוְצַהֲלִי֙wə·ṣa·hă·lîConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularH6670 neigh, cry shrilly
you who have neverלֹא־lō-Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
travailedחָ֔לָהḥā·lāhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularH2342 whirl, dance, writhe
becauseכִּֽי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
moreרַבִּ֧יםrab·bîmAdjective - masculine pluralH7227 much, many, great
the childrenבְּֽנֵי־bə·nê-Noun - masculine plural constructH1121 son
of the desolate womanשׁוֹמֵמָ֛הšō·w·mê·māhVerb - Qal - Participle - feminine singularH8074 be desoleted, appalled
of her who has a husbandבְעוּלָ֖הḇə·‘ū·lāhVerb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singularH1166 marry, rule over
saysאָמַ֥ר’ā·marVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
the LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh

Isaiah 54:2

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Enlargeהַרְחִ֣יבִי׀har·ḥî·ḇîVerb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singularH7337 be, or grow, wide, large
the siteמְק֣וֹםmə·qō·wmNoun - masculine singular constructH4725 standing, spot, condition
of your tentאָהֳלֵ֗ךְ’ā·ho·lêḵNoun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singularH168 tent
stretch outיַטּ֖וּyaṭ·ṭūVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralH5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
the curtainsוִירִיע֧וֹתwî·rî·‘ō·wṯConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural constructH3407 curtain
of your dwellingsמִשְׁכְּנוֹתַ֛יִךְmiš·kə·nō·w·ṯa·yiḵNoun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singularH4908 dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'
do notאַל־’al-AdverbH408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
hold backתַּחְשֹׂ֑כִיtaḥ·śō·ḵîVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singularH2820 withhold, refrain
Lengthenהַאֲרִ֙יכִי֙ha·’ă·rî·ḵîVerb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singularH748 be long
your ropesמֵֽיתָרַ֔יִךְmê·ṯā·ra·yiḵNoun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singularH4340 cord, string
and drive your stakes in deepוִיתֵדֹתַ֖יִךְwî·ṯê·ḏō·ṯa·yiḵConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singularH3489 peg, pin

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 54:1 Galatians 4:27 · Isaiah 62:4 · 1 Samuel 2:5 · Zechariah 9:9 · Hebrews 11:11–12 · Psalm 113:9 · Isaiah 49:13 · Zephaniah 3:14 · Psalm 98:3–9 · Psalm 67:3–5 · Isaiah 49:20 · Isaiah 42:10–11

Isaiah 54:2 Isaiah 33:20 · Jeremiah 10:20 · Isaiah 49:19–20 · Exodus 39:40 · Exodus 35:18

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.