Isaiah 54:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed - (Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 41:14.)

For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth - Israel's unfaithfulness as wife of Yahweh almost from her earliest history.

And shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood - Israel's punishment in her consequent dismissal from God and barrenness of spiritual children in Babylon, and her present dispersion (Isaiah 54:1; Isaiah 49:21; Jeremiah 3:24-25; Jeremiah 31:19; Hosea 2:2-5).

Isaiah 54:4

4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.