Isaiah 54:9 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 54:9

“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.

BSB

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ASV

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

KJV

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Vers. 9, 10.) As in the days of Noah, this is for me, to whom I swore, that I would not bring the waters of Noah any more over the earth: so have I sworn, not to be angry with you, and not to rebuke you. For the mountains shall be moved, and the hills shall tremble: but my mercy shall not depart from you, and the covenant of my peace shall not be moved, says the Lord, your merciful one.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me,.... Some copies, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe, read these two words, כי מי, as one, thus, כימי, "as the days of Noah"; and this is followed by the Targum, Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions; both readings may be kept, and joined in one, and the sense be, "for this is as the waters that were in the days of Noah unto me"; so Kimchi and Menachem join them.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me - As it was in the time of the flood of waters, so shall it be now. ‘I then solemnly promised that the waters should not again drown the earth, and I have kept that promise. I now promise with equal solemnity that I will bestow perpetual favor on my true people, and will shed upon them eternal and unchanging blessings.’ ‘The waters of Noah,’ here mean evidently the flood that came upon the world in his time, and from which he and his family were saved.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
מֵ֥י	mei	[is] [the] water of	H4325 →
נֹ֙חַ֙	no.ach	Noah	H5146 →
זֹ֣את	zot	this	H2063 →
לִ֔י	Li	to me
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
נִשְׁבַּ֗עְתִּי	nish.Ba'.ti	I swore	H7650 →
מֵעֲבֹ֥ר	me.'a.Vor	from passing	H5674 →
מֵי־	mei-	[the] waters of	H4325 →
נֹ֛חַ	No.ach	Noah	H5146 →
ע֖וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
הָאָ֑רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
כֵּ֥ן	ken	so	H3651 →
נִשְׁבַּ֛עְתִּי	nish.Ba'.ti	I swear	H7650 →
מִקְּצֹ֥ף	mi.ke.Tzof	from being angry	H7107 →
עָלַ֖יִךְ	'a.La.yikh	towards you	H5921 →
וּמִגְּעָר־	u.mi.ge.'or-	and from rebuking	H1605 →
בָּֽךְ׃	Bakh	<in> <the> you

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 12:1
In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
leads to
- Psalms 30:5
  For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- Isaiah 54:8
  In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
- Isaiah 25:1
  O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness.
Through
Genesis 8:21
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth.…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 2:15
  For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
- Ephesians 5:2
  and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- Genesis 6:5
  Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
- Jeremiah 17:9
  The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Isaiah 54:9–10
  “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah