Isaiah 40:28 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 40:27-31

Here, I. The prophet reproves the people of God, who are now supposed to be captives in Babylon for their unbelief and distrust of God, and the dejections and despondencies of their spirit under their affliction (Isa. 40:27): ?Why sayest thou, O Jacob! to thyself and to those about thee, My way is hidden from the Lord? Why dost thou make hard and melancholy conclusions concerning thyself and thy present case as if the latter were desperate?? 1. The titles he here gives them were enough to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:28

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard ?.... From the history of the church in all ages; from the experience of all good men; from their own knowledge and observation; from the Scriptures, and the prophets, the interpreters of them; both that what is before suggested is wrong, and that what follows is true, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary ? or, "the God of the world"; that has made it, and upholds it, and governs... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:28

There is no searching of his understanding "And that his understanding is unsearchable" - Twenty-four MSS., two editions, the Septuagint and Vulgate, read ואין veein , with the conjunction ו vau . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:1-31

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 40:27-28

The impiety of impatience. God rebukes Israel for its impatience under trial. It ought to have "remembered the years of the right hand of the Most High;" it ought to have considered that its Divine Sovereign was one whose faithfulness did not depend on a few passing years, that the action or the inaction of "the everlasting God" was not open to the criticism which condemns the short-lived policy of frail and dying men. The rebuke is full of practical truth applicable to ourselves. I. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:27-31

Despondency reproved. I. THE COMPLAINT OF THE PEOPLE . They feel themselves, or are tempted to feel themselves, forsaken of God. Their "way" seems to be hidden from him. The "way" is a figure for the course and condition of life. And is it not said in the first Psalm, "The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous"? There are times when this cannot be realized. The truth of a providence over the national and the personal life—what more consoling? "Thou art with me;" "Thou God seest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:28

Hast thou not known? Complaining Israel is bidden to stay itself upon God, as and is then further consoled by the promise that God will give them strength to endure; support them, refresh them, and, as it were, renew the youth of the nation ( Isaiah 40:29 , Isaiah 40:31 ). Creator of the ends of the earth ; i.e. "Creator even of the remotest ends," and therefore of the whole earth. Fainteth not (comp. Psalms 121:3 , Psalms 121:4 ). If God were for a moment to "faint" or... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:28

Hast thou not known? - This is the language of the prophet reproving them for complaining of being forsaken and assuring them that God was faithful to his promises. This argument of the prophet, which continues to the close of the chapter, comprises the main scope of the chapter, which is to induce them to put confidence in God, and to believe that he was able and willing to deliver them. The phrase, ‘Hast thou not known? refers to the fact that the Jewish people had had an abundant opportunity... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 40:27-28

Isaiah 40:27-28. Why sayest thou, O Jacob The consolatory part of the prophet’s discourse begins at this verse, wherein the foregoing doctrine and prophecy are applied to the comfort of the church, complaining, amid her various afflictions, that she had been neglected of the Lord; which complaint makes the basis of the consolation contained in this period. Why dost thou give way to such jealousies concerning thy God, of whose infinite power, and wisdom, and goodness, there are such evident... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 40:27-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:12-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:27-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:27-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 40:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:28

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 40:27-28

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