イザヤ書 40:26-31 Jcb
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:12-26
God in creation. Creation tells of God in many ways. "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handywork: day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge" ( Psalms 19:1 , Psalms 19:2 ). "The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead" ( Romans 1:20 ). Here we have noted especially— I. GOD 'S MARVELLOUSNESS IN CREATION ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:12-31
THE MIGHT AND GREATNESS OF GOD CONTRASTED WITH THE WEAKNESS OF MAN AND THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS . If captive Israel is to be induced to turn' to God, and so hasten the time of its restoration to his favour and to its own land, it must be by rising to a worthy conception of the nature and attributes of the Almighty. The prophet, therefore, in the remainder of this chapter, paints in glorious language the power and greatness, dud at the same time the mercy, of God,... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:16-26
The hopelessness and the simplicity of Divine service. "Lebanon is not sufficient to burn," etc.; "Not one faileth." If we were asked whether it was a very difficult or a very simple thing to serve the Lord, we should say, "It is both the one and the other; everything depends upon the way and the spirit in which we proceed." We learn— I. THAT MERE QUANTITY OF SERVICE IS VAIN AND FUTILE . "Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor will [all] the beasts thereof suffice... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:18-26
The degradation of the Divine. The holy indignation of the prophet is aroused as he sees the Godhead so pitifully presented to the mind, so shamefully represented to the eyes of men. He has in view the power and majesty of the Supreme One, and places in contrast the creatures of human imagination, the fabrications of the human hand. We have the degradation of the Divine— I. AS IT APPEARED TO THE HEBREW PROPHET . He beheld: 1 . The power and the majesty of God , ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:19-26
Idolatry ridiculous. A strong tone of irony and ridicule runs through the description; and nothing could better illustrate by contrast that sublime faith which has just been presented to our view. I. THE IMAGE CONTRASTED WITH JEHOVAH . All our thought is composed of images, but what a descent from that image in the mind and solely there on which we have been dwelling, to yonder thing of metal, which the craftsman casts, and the goldsmith overlays with gold, and for which he... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes , etc. Once more an appeal is made to creation, as proving God's greatness. "Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these (heavens), bringing out their host ( i.e. the stars) by number, or in their full number (Cheyne), and calling them all by names" (comp. Psalms 147:4 , Psalms 147:5 , "He telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names," which, however, is probably later than Isaiah). Omnipotence alone could have created the starry... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:27
O Jacob … O Israel (For this pleonastic combination, so characteristic of Isaiah, see Isaiah 9:8 ; Isaiah 10:21 , Isaiah 10:22 ; Isaiah 14:1 ; Isaiah 27:6 ; Isaiah 29:23 , in the earlier chapters; and Isaiah 41:8 ; Isaiah 42:24 ; Isaiah 43:1 , Isaiah 43:22 , Isaiah 43:28 ; Isaiah 44:1 , Isaiah 44:5 , Isaiah 44:23 ; Isaiah 45:4 ; Isaiah 46:3 ; Isaiah 49:5 , Isaiah 49:6 , etc; in the later ones.) Why sayest thou … My way is hid? The prophet has gone back... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:27
Darkness breeding doubt. Here is a question which is full of surprise. " How , then, can Jacob and Israel be faint-hearted, or despair of their restoration, when this unmatchable, all-powerful, unwearying God is their God?" Yet there is almost an excuse for their doubtings and depressions in their national circumstances. They had been so long in the power of their enemies, and their outlook was so utterly dark and hopeless, that they concluded they were quite overlooked by the God of... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:31
They shall mount zap with wings as eagles "They shall put forth fresh feathers like the moulting eagle" - It has been a common and popular opinion that the eagle lives and retains his vigor to a great age; and that, beyond the common lot of other birds, he moults in his old age, and renews his feathers, and with them his youth. "Thou shalt renew thy youth like the eagle, "says the psalmist, Psalm 103:5 ; on which place St. Ambrose notes, Aquila longam aetatem ducit, dum, vetustis plumis... read more