Isaiah 54:7

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

For a small {H6996} moment {H7281} have I forsaken {H5800} thee; but with great {H1419} mercies {H7356} will I gather {H6908} thee.

"Briefly I abandoned you, but with great compassion I am taking you back.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 30:5 (15 votes)

    For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.

  • Micah 4:6 (11 votes)

    In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;

  • 2 Peter 3:8 (11 votes)

    ¶ But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

  • Isaiah 26:20 (11 votes)

    ¶ Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

  • Isaiah 60:4 (9 votes)

    Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at [thy] side.

  • Deuteronomy 30:3 (9 votes)

    That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

  • Isaiah 66:18 (8 votes)

    For I [know] their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.