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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:23

The princes … the judges ; rather, princes , judges. The entire class of such is meant, not any special individuals (comp. Psalms 107:40 ; Job 12:19-21 ). As vanity ; or, as chaos—the same word that is used in Isaiah 40:17 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:24

They shall not be planted … shall not be sown … shall not take root. The verbs are all of them in the past tense. Translate, have not been planted , … sown , etc. The meaning is that princes and judges of the earth are not fixed in their places, have no firm root in the soil, are easily overturned. Even if the case were different, a breath from the Almighty would, as a matter of course, dry them up (see Isaiah 40:7 ) and blow them away. As stubble (comp. Isaiah 5:24 ; Psalms... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:23

That bringeth the princes to nothing - That is, all princes and kings. No matter how great their power, their wealth, and their dignity, they are, by his hand, reduced to nothing before him. The design of this passage is to contrast the majesty of God with that of princes and nobles, and to show how far he excels them all. The general truth is therefore stated, that all monarchs are by him removed from their thrones, and consigned to nothing. The same idea is expressed in Job 12:21 :He poureth... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:24

Yea, they shall not be planted - The kings and rulers - especially they who oppose God in the execution of his purposes. The idea in this verse is, that their name and family should become extinct in the same way as a tree does from which no shoot starts up. Although they were great and mighty, like the tree that sends out far-spreading branches, and strikes its roots deep, yet God would so utterly destroy them that they should have no posterity, and their family become extinct. Princes and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 40:21-24

Isaiah 40:21-24. Have ye not known Jehovah to be the only true God, the Maker and Governor of the world, and all its inhabitants? How can ye be ignorant of so evident a truth? He addresses his speech to the idolatrous Gentiles; from the beginning Namely, of the world, as the next clause explains it: were not these infinite perfections of God manifestly discovered to all mankind, by the creation of the world? It is he that sitteth As a judge or governor upon his throne; upon, or... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:12-31

Israel’s incomparable God (40:12-31)Should any doubt God’s ability to re-establish Israel in its homeland, the psalm of praise that follows drives away those doubts. God is the great Creator; the universe appears insignificant compared with him. He does whatever he wants, without any help or advice from his creatures (12-14). Israel has no need to fear Babylon or any other ruling power, for nations also are insignificant and powerless before him (15-17). How absurd, therefore, for people to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 40:24

stubble = straw. Hebrew. kash. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 40:18-26

Isaiah 40:18-26. To whom then will ye liken God?— To whom, &c. or what resemblance will ye contrive for him? Isaiah 40:19. The workman casts an image; and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and worketh silver chains: Isaiah 40:20. He who is thrifty in his oblation, chooses wood that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare him an image which will not start. Latter end of Isaiah 40:21. Have ye not considered the foundations of the earth? Isaiah 40:22. Him that... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:23

23. (Psalms 107:4; Daniel 2:21). judges—that is, rulers; for these exercised judicial authority (Daniel 2:21- :). The Hebrew, shophtee, answers to the Carthaginian chief magistrates, suffetes. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:24

24. they—the "princes and judges" (Isaiah 40:23) who oppose God's purposes and God's people. Often compared to tall trees (Psalms 37:35; Daniel 4:10). not . . . sown—the seed, that is, race shall become extinct (Daniel 4:10- :). stock—not even shall any shoots spring up from the stump when the tree has been cut down: no descendants whatever (Job 14:7; see on Isaiah 40:1). and . . . also—so the Septuagint. But MAURER translates, "They are hardly (literally, 'not yet', as in 2 Kings 20:4) planted... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 40:21-24

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:12-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 40:24

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 40:18-26

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:23

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:24

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