Isaiah 54 · Grade 4

A Covenant of Peace

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Read and Think

After the Servant's suffering in chapter 53 comes joy in chapter 54. God tells Zion, pictured as a woman with no children, to "Sing." Her family will grow so large she must "Enlarge the place of your tent... lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes." In the New Testament, Paul quotes verse 1 in Galatians 4:27.

God speaks like a loving husband: "For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name." The exile felt like being abandoned, but it was short: "For a small moment I have forsaken you, but I will gather you with great mercies." God compares this promise to the one he made to Noah after the flood.

Then comes a beautiful promise: "For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my loving kindness will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed." God would rebuild Zion with precious stones. "All your children will be taught by Yahweh." In the New Testament, Jesus quotes this in John 6:45.

Show What You Know

Where does Paul quote verse 1?
How long did God say He forsook them?
What promise does God compare this to?
In the New Testament, where does Jesus quote verse 13?

Think About It

God's love is more lasting than mountains. When might you need to remember this promise?
God said, Enlarge the place of your tent. How might God be calling you to make room for more people in your life?

Memory Verse

For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my loving kindness will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed,” says Yahweh who has mercy on you.

Isaiah 54:10 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for loving kindness that never leaves. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

What does hesed mean?
God said mountains may move, but His kindness will not. What feels shaky in your life that God's love can steady?