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Is Isaiah 54 referring to the Messiah, Jesus Christ Or the Israelite nation? Or is it referring to both?

Isaiah 53 is prophetic scripture about the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

I might be overthinking and/or asking the obvious. However, Is Isaiah 54 referring to the Messiah, Jesus Christ Or the Israelite nation? Or Is there multiple layers of meaning where Isaiah 54 refers to both?

Isaiah 54

New American Standard Bible 1995

54 “Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child; Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed; For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.

........more scripture..................

4 ......more scripture......... And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. 5 “For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the Lord of hosts; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth. 6 “For the Lord has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,” Says your God.

7 “[c]For a brief moment I forsook you, But with great compassion I will gather you. 8 “In an [d]outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you,” Says the Lord your Redeemer.

9 “For [e]this is like the days of Noah to Me, When I swore that the waters of Noah Would not [f]flood the earth again; So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you Nor will I rebuke you. ...........more scripture.................. .................... 15 “If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me. Whoever assails you will fall because of you.

.........more scripture................ 17 “No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; And every tongue that [l]accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.

The Only evidence that shows me that Isaiah 54 for the most part is referring to the Israelite nation involves resorting to the “scripture interprets scripture” tool. To elaborate, Jeremiah 31:31-32 scripture gives evidence that God is viewed as a husband to the Israelite nation(to be more specific collectively Israel & Judah).

Isaiah 54:4-6 refers to a marital relationship between God and whoever/whatever Isaiah references.

Jeremiah 31:31-32

New American Standard Bible 1995

31 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord.

Is Isaiah 54 referring to the Messiah, Jesus Christ Or the Israelite nation? Or Is there multiple layers of meaning where Isaiah 54 refers to both?