Isaiah 54

9. I am about to do the same in this instance as in Noah's flood. As I swore then that it should not return ( Genesis 8:21 , 9:11 ), and I kept that promise, so I swear now to My people, and will perform My promise, that there shall be no return of the deluge of My wrath upon them. LOWTH, on insufficient authority, reads (the same will I do now as), "in the days of Noah."

10. ( Isaiah 51:6 , Psalms 89:33 Psalms 89:34 , Romans 11:29 ).
covenant of my peace--( 2 Samuel 23:5 ). The covenant whereby I have made thee at peace with Me.

11. not comforted--by anyone; none gave her help or comfort.
lay . . . with fair colours--rather, "lay . . . in cement of vermilion" [LOWTH]. The Hebrew for "fair colors" means stibium, the paint with which Eastern women painted their eyelids and eyelashes ( 2 Kings 9:30 ). The very cement shall be of the most beautiful color ( Revelation 21:18-21 ).

12. windows--rather, "battlements"; literally, "suns"; applied to battlements from their radiated appearance.
agates--rather, "rubies."
carbuncles--literally, "sparkling gems"; the carbuncle when held to the sun becomes like a burning coal.
all thy borders--rather, "thy whole circuit," consisting of precious stones. The glory of the Church on earth, when the Hebrew Church, according to the original design, shall be the metropolis of Christendom.

13. Quoted by the Saviour ( John 6:45 ), to prove that in order to come to Him, men must be "drawn" by the Father. So Jeremiah 31:34 , Micah 4:2 , 1 Corinthians 2:10 , Hebrews 8:10 , 10:16 , 1 John 2:20 .
great . . . peace--generally ( Psalms 119:165 ). Specially referring to the peaceful prosperity which shall prevail under Messiah in the latter days ( Isaiah 2:4 , 9:6 ).

14. righteousness--the characteristic of the reign of Messiah ( Isaiah 11:4 Isaiah 11:5 , Psalms 72:2 Psalms 72:4 , Revelation 19:11 ).
far from oppression, &c.--far from suffering oppression; "for thou shall have nothing to fear."

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

16. The workman that forms "weapons against thee" ( Isaiah 54:17 ) is wholly in My power, therefore thou needest not fear, having Me on thy side.
for his work--rather, "by his labor [HORSLEY]. "According to the exigencies of his work" [MAURER].
waster to destroy--( Isaiah 10:5-7 , Isaiah 37:26 Isaiah 37:27 , 45:1-6 ). Desolating conquerors who use the "instruments" framed by "the smith." The repetition of the "I" implies, however, something in the latter half of the verse contrasted with the former understand it, therefore, thus: "I have in My power both him who frames arms and him who destroys them (arms)" [ROSENMULLER].

17. tongue . . . condemn--image from a court of justice. Those who desire to "condemn" thee thou shalt "condemn" ( Exodus 11:7 , Joshua 10:21 , Psalms 64:8 , Romans 8:1 Romans 8:33 ).
righteousness . . . of me--( Isaiah 45:24 , 46:13 ). Rather, "(this is) their justification from Me." Their enemies would "condemn" them, but I justify and vindicate them, and so they condemn their enemies.