Bible Strands
Isaiah 54:5
For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks to Zion, personified as a desolate and widowed woman, in a moment of promised restoration (v. 4).
The words — גֹּאֵל (gô'êl) is not a generic savior but a kinsman-redeemer, a specific legal role of buying back what was lost.
The thread — The covenant-marriage frame recurs in Hosea 2:19 and is transferred to Christ and the church in Ephesians 5:25 and 2 Corinthians 11:2.
Why it lands — The verse demands that the reader hold two claims at once: the same God who made you is the one who redeems you, and neither role can be separated from the other.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Cross-references
- Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- Hosea 2:19 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- Isaiah 48:17 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
- Ezekiel 16:8 Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
- Romans 3:29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- John 3:29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
- Psalms 45:10 Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
- Zechariah 14:9 On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
- Ephesians 5:32 This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.