Isaiah 54:7

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““For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.”

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BSBPD

““For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“In a small moment I have forsaken thee, And in great mercies I do gather thee,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 54:7 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 30:3then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
  2. Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
  3. Psalms 30:6In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
  4. Psalms 106:47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
  5. Psalms 107:3and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
  6. Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
  7. Isaiah 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
  8. Isaiah 27:12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
  9. Isaiah 40:11He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
  10. Isaiah 43:5Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
  11. Isaiah 49:18Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.
  12. Isaiah 56:8Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
  13. Isaiah 60:4Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm.
  14. Isaiah 60:10Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
  15. Isaiah 66:18“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
  16. Lamentations 3:31For the Lord will not cast us off forever.
  17. Lamentations 3:32Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
  18. Ezekiel 36:24For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
  19. Micah 4:6“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
  20. Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  21. 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
  22. Ephesians 1:10as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
  23. 2 Peter 3:8Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

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