Isaiah 54:8 meaning and explanation

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 54:8, Berean Standard Bible

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In Isaiah 54 the LORD speaks to Jerusalem as a wife who felt abandoned, addressing the city's exile as a brief season of hiddenness. The anger was real but momentary, like a surge that passes; the kindness is described as everlasting, the settled disposition of God toward His people.

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