OET interlinear ISA 54:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עֲקָרָ֖ה

infertile

Yahweh is speaking of the city of Jerusalem as if she were a woman, a barren woman who has never given birth. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you who are like a barren woman]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

רָנִּ֥י עֲקָרָ֖ה

sing infertile

The word you, whether explicit or implicit with imperatives, is singular in verses 1-17 because it refers to Zion/Jerusalem. So use the singular form in your translation if your language marks that distinction, and use the feminine form if your language marks that distinction.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רַבִּ֧ים בְּֽנֵי שׁוֹמֵמָ֛ה מִ⁠בְּנֵ֥י בְעוּלָ֖ה

more sons_of desolate from=(the)_sons married

Yahweh is speaking of the future people of Jerusalem as if they were the sons of the one being desolate, a deserted woman, and he speaks of a woman who has a husband as the married. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the people of Jerusalem when it was deserted will be more numerous than its people when it was populated]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

בְעוּלָ֖ה

married

Isaiah is using the adjective married as a noun to mean a certain kind of woman. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [the woman who is married]