Isaiah 40:11-17 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 40:9-11

It was promised (Isa. 40:5) that the glory of the Lord shall be revealed; that is it with the hopes of which God's people must be comforted. Now here we are told, I. How it shall be revealed, Isa. 40:9. 1. It shall be revealed to Zion and Jerusalem; notice shall be given of it to the remnant that are left in Zion and Jerusalem, the poor of the land, who were vine-dressers and husbandmen; it shall be told them that their brethren shall return to them. This shall be told also to the captives who... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 40:12-17

The scope of these verses is to show what a great and glorious being the Lord Jehovah is, who is Israel's God and Saviour. It comes in here, 1. To encourage his people that were captives in Babylon to hope in him, and to depend upon him for deliverance, though they were ever so weak and their oppressors ever so strong. 2. To engage them to cleave to him, and not to turn aside after other gods; for there are none to be compared with him. 3. To possess all those who receive the glad tid 78da... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd ,.... Christ has a flock, a flock of men, a distinct and peculiar people, and it is but one, and that a little one, and yet a beautiful one, though often a flock of slaughter; which is his by his Father's gift, and his own purchase, and appears manifest in the effectual calling, when he calls them by name; to these he stands in the relation of a shepherd, being so by his Father's designation and appointment, and his own consent; and a good shepherd he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:12

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand ?.... The following account of the power, wisdom, and all sufficiency of God, and which is to be understood of Christ, is to show that he is equal to the work of redemption and salvation he has engaged in, and was about to come and perform, and that he is able to do it, as well as to execute his office as a shepherd; and also to observe, that though his rich grace and goodness he had condescended to take upon him the work of a saviour,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:13

Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord ,.... In the creation of all things, in garnishing the heavens, and moving upon the face of the waters? not anyone, angel or man; there were none with him, nor did he need any to guide and direct him what to do F19 : or being his counsellor, hath taught him ? or, "the man of his counsel F20 איש עצתו "vir a consiliis", Junius & Tremellius Piscator. "; there was no other than the Wonderful Counsellor, the Angel of the great... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:14

With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him ,.... This is the same as before, only repeated in other words, the more strongly to deny that any mere creature counselled, taught, and instructed the Spirit of Christ, in the ordering and managing the works of creation: and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding ? or gave him that judgment, knowledge, and understanding in framing the world, and all things in it, in that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:15

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket ,.... Not only the Chaldeans and Babylonians, and other nations most known, and most troublesome to the Jews, but all the nations of the world; these, in comparison of God, of his infinite and immense Being, are but as a drop of water that hangs upon the bucket, or falls from it, when water is drawn by it, or is left in it, when poured out of it; which is nothing in comparison of the well out of which the water is drawn, or even of the water in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:16

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn ,.... The trees of it, as the Targum; these are not sufficient to burn a sacrifice with, suitable to the dignity and majesty of God, and as his justice can require for offences committed: nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering , though it was a mountain and forest which abounded with trees, and especially cedars, and there was a great quantity of cattle in it, yet neither were sufficient to furnish out a proper burnt offering to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:17

All nations before him are as nothing ,.... As if they were nonentities, and were not real beings in comparison of him, who is the Being of beings, the author of all beings which exist in all nations; who are all in his sight, and are not only as grasshoppers, as is after mentioned, but even as nothing: and they are counted to him as less than nothing, and vanity ; if there is or could be such a thing less than nothing, that they are; and so they are accounted of by him; they are like... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:11

Shall gently lead those that are with young "The nursing ewes shall he gently lead" - A beautiful image, expressing, with the utmost propriety as well as elegance, the tender attention of the shepherd to his flock. That the greatest care in driving the cattle in regard to the dams and their young was necessary, appears clearly from Jacob's apology to his brother Esau, Genesis 33:13 ; : "The flocks and the herds giving suck to their young are with me; and if they should be overdriven, all... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 40:9-11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 40:12-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:11

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