Isaiah 54 · Verse 2

Isaiah 54:2

Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
Isaiah 54:2, King James Version

Isaiah 54:2 in other translations

BSB“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
WEB“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your habitations; don’t spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.
ASVEnlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.
YLTEnlarge the place of thy tent, And the curtains of thy tabernacles they stretch out, Restrain not--lengthen thy cords, And thy pins make strong.
DARBYEnlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.
BBEMake wide the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your house be stretched out without limit: make your cords long, and your tent-pins strong.
WebsterEnlarge the place of thy tent, and let them extend the curtains of thy habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

What does Isaiah 54:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. (Is 49:19, 20; Jr 31:31-36, 38, 39). Thy children shall be so many that thy borders must be extended to contain them. curtains--the cloth forming the covering of the tent. spare not--give abundantly the means for the enlargement of the Church (2Co 9:5-7). cords ... stakes--The more the tent is enlarged by lengthening the cords by which the cloth covering is fastened to the ground, the more the stakes supporting the tent need to be strengthened; the Church is not merely to seek new converts, but to strengthen those she has in the faith. The image is appropriate, as the tabernacle was the symbol of the old Israelitish Church (see on Is 33:20).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 54:1-5

The increase of the church by the conversion of the Jews and Gentiles. (Is. 54:1-5) Its certain deliverance. (Is. 54:6-10) Its triumphant state is described. (Is. 54:11-17) Verses 1-5 Observe the low state of religion in the world, for a long time before Christianity was brought in. But by preaching the gospel, multitudes were converted from idols to the living God. This is matter of great rejoicing to the church…

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Isaiah 54:2 in the original Hebrew

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הַרְחִ֣יבִי\׀har.Chi.vienlargeH7337
מְק֣וֹםme.Kom[the] place ofH4725
אָהֳלֵ֗ךְ'o.ho.Lekhtent yourH168
וִירִיע֧וֹתvi.ri.'otand [the] tent curtains ofH3407
מִשְׁכְּנוֹתַ֛יִךְmish.ke.no.Ta.yikhdwellings yourH4908
יַטּ֖וּya.Tumay people stretch outH5186
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תַּחְשֹׂ֑כִיtach.So.khiyou refrainH2820
הַאֲרִ֙יכִי֙ha.'a.Ri.khimake longH748
מֵֽיתָרַ֔יִךְmei.ta.Ra.yikhtent cords yourH4340
וִיתֵדֹתַ֖יִךְvi.te.do.Ta.yikhand tent pegs yourH3489
חַזֵּֽקִי\׃cha.Ze.kimake strongH2388

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 54:2

  • Isaiah 33:20

    Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

  • Isaiah 49:19-20

    For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

  • Jeremiah 10:20

    My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

  • Exodus 39:40

    The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

  • Exodus 35:18

    The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
33:20; 49:19,20; Jer 10:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 54:1

    Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 54:2

    Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

  • Isaiah 54:3

    For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

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Isaiah 54:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ensancha el sitio de tu cabaña, y las cortinas de tus tiendas sean extendidas; no seas escasa; alarga tus cuerdas, y fortifica tus estacas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Élargis le lieu de ta tente, et qu’on étende les tentures de tes tabernacles; n’épargne pas, allonge tes cordages et affermis tes pieux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mache weit den Raum deines Zeltes, und man spanne aus die Behänge deiner Wohnstätte; wehre nicht! Mache deine Seile lang, und deine Pflöcke stecke fest!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dilata locum tentorii tui, et pelles tabernaculorum tuorum extende: ne parcas: longos fac funiculos tuos, et clavos tuos consolida.