Isaiah 54:7 meaning and explanation

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

Isaiah 54:7, Berean Standard Bible

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In Isaiah 54 the LORD speaks to Jerusalem as a woman who feels abandoned and disgraced, addressing her as a barren wife and a widow. The exile felt like a forsaking, but God frames it as brief, a moment measured against the compassion that follows.

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