Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 40:30
40:30 {f} Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:(f) They who trust in their own virtue, and do not acknowledge that all comes from God. read more
40:30 {f} Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:(f) They who trust in their own virtue, and do not acknowledge that all comes from God. read more
ISAIAH INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO The chapters of Part 2 (chaps. 40-46) are chiefly millennial, and so different from the prevailing themes preceding, as to raise a query whether they were not written by some other author a second, or deutero-Isaiah, as some call him. We do not hold that opinion, the reasons for which are briefly stated in the author’s Primers of the Faith. In Synthetic Bible Studies, it was found convenient to treat this part as a single discourse though doubtless, such is not... read more
As the Prophet's commission opened, so the chapter is closed, in giving a special comfort to the Lord's people. It is impossible to conceive in the whole compass of language, anything more gracious, more affectionate, or kind, than what is here said, in the Lord's love, to Israel. Every glorious perfection of Jehovah, and all his covenant relations, seem here to be brought forward, to give confidence to his people, in the security of his promises. It would be to injure the blessed passage, to... read more
27-31 The people of God are reproved for their unbelief and distrust of God. Let them remember they took the names Jacob and Israel, from one who found God faithful to him in all his straits. And they bore these names as a people in covenant with Him. Many foolish frets, and foolish fears, would vanish before inquiry into the causes. It is bad to have evil thoughts rise in our minds, but worse to turn them into evil words. What they had known, and had heard, was sufficient to silence all these... read more
Jehovah the Supreme Ruler. The connection of thought between this section and the foregoing one is this, that the majesty and glory of God over against the idolatry of the heathen nations guarantees the security and the deliverance of the believers of all times. v. 12. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand? fixing the quantity of all the water in ocean, seas, and streams, and meted out heaven with the span, the measure between the thumb and middle finger, and comprehended... read more
I.—THE FIRST DISCOURSEThe Prologue: the Objective and Subjective basis of RedemptionIsaiah 40:01. THE PROLOGUE OF THE SECOND PART AND OF THE FIRST DISCOURSEIsaiah 40:1-111 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,Saith your God.2 Speak ye 2comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,That her 3warfare is accomplished,That 4her iniquity is pardoned:5For she hath received of the Lord’s handDouble for all her sins.3 The voice of him that crieth 6in the wilderness,Prepare ye the... read more
the Everlasting God the Giver of Strength Isaiah 40:18-31 Day changes to night, and as the twilight deepens, the stars come out in their myriads, Isaiah 40:26 . To the poetic eye of the watcher, they appear as a vast flock following the shepherd, who calls each by its name. Not one falls out of its place, or is lacking. Will Jehovah do so much for stars and nought for men? Will He not have a name for each? Will He not guard and guide each? If He has sustained the orbs of light in their... read more
We now commence the prophecies of peace, which also fall into three divisions, dealing in turn with the purpose of peace (40-48), the Prince of Peace (49-57), the program of peace (58-66). The fist eleven verses of chapter forty constitute a prologue to the whole Book. This prologue opens with a declaration which indicates the burden of all that is to follow. "Comfort ye, comfort ye My people." It then describes the making of a highway for God along which He will move toward the ultimate... read more
The Greatness Of God Proclaimed (Isaiah 40:12-31 ). And He will be able to do it because of His greatness. In this vital passage the greatness of God to do What He declares He will do is now revealed in all its fullness. He Is Over Creation. Isaiah 40:12 ‘Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand? And measured the heavens with a span? And enveloped the dust of the earth in a measure? And weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?’ The first concentration is on... read more
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 40:1-31
II. THE LATER PROPHECIES OF COMFORT AND GLORY (40-66) Like the first part this second part of Isaiah has three sections. The three sections of the first part revealed the judgments to come upon the Jewish people, Jerusalem, the nations and the earth. The three sections of the second part reveal the great blessings in store for the people of Israel, Jerusalem, the nations and the earth, after the judgments are passed. These sections give the past, present, and the future history of the Jewish... read more