Isaiah 40:6-11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 40:3-8

The time to favour Zion, yea, the set time, having come, the people of God must be prepared, by repentance and faith, for the favours designed them; and, in order to call them to both these, we have here the voice of one crying in the wilderness, which may be applied to those prophets who were with the captives in their wilderness-state, and who, when they saw the day of their deliverance dawn, called earnestly upon them to prepare for it, and assured them that all the difficulties which stood... read more

Matthew Henry

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:6

The voice said, cry ,.... Not the same voice as in Isaiah 40:3 , nor the voice of an angel, as Aben Ezra; but a voice from the Lord, as Jarchi; the voice of prophecy, says Kimchi; it is the Lord's voice to the prophet, or rather to any and every Gospel minister, giving them an order to prophesy and preach, without which they cannot preach regularly and lawfully; it is the same as, "go, teach all nations", &c.; preach the Gospel to every creature, &c.; Matthew 28:19 , and he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:7

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth ,.... And so does man, and all his glory and goodliness: because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it : alluding to some impetuous and blasting wind blowing upon herbs and flowers, to the withering and fading of them; see Psalm 103:15 , legal ordinances ceased upon the pouring forth of the Spirit. The external excellencies of men, or their outward advantages, perish at the breath of God, at the blast of his nostrils, when taken away by death;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:8

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth ,.... Which is repeated, to raise attention to it, as being a matter of importance, and for the confirmation of it: but the word of our God shall stand for ever ; the Apostle Peter adds, by way of explanation, and this is the word, which by the Gospel is preached unto you ; who seems to distinguish the word from the Gospel, by which it is preached, and to intend Christ the essential Word; who stands or abides for ever as a divine Person; in his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:9

O Zion, that bringest good tidings ,.... Or, "O thou that bringest good tidings to Zion F14 מבשרת ציון "O quae evangelizas Tsijoni", Juntas & Tremellius, Piscator. "; which rendering of the words is more agreeable to the latter part of the verse, say unto the cities of Judah , &c.; and to some parallel places, Isaiah 41:27 and to the type, the deliverance of the Jews from Babylon; the tidings of which came from Babylon to Zion, or Jerusalem; and to the Targum which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:10

Behold, the Lord God will come with a strong hand ,.... Some understand this of the second coming of Christ, which coming is certain, such assurances being given of it by promise and prophecy; and will be attended with power, which will be requisite to raise the dead, summon all nations before him, and pass and execute the proper sentence on them; when his arm shall openly bear rule, he will take to himself his great power, and reign; when his reward will be with him, to give to every man... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:6

The voice saint Cry "A voice saith Proclaim" - To understand rightly this passage is a matter of importance; for it seems designed to give us the true key to the remaining part of Isaiah's prophecies, the general subject of which is the restoration of the people and Church of God. The prophet opens the subject with great clearness and elegance: he declares at once God's command to his messengers, (his prophets, as the Chaldee rightly explains it), to comfort his people in captivity, to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:7

The grass withereth - The whole of this verse is wanting in three of Kennicott's and five of De Rossi's MSS., and in a very correct and ancient MS. of my own, and also in the Septuagint and Arabic. Surely the people "Verily this people" - So the Syriac; who perhaps read הזה העם haam hazzeh . Because the spirit of the Lord "When the wind of Jehovah" - יהוה רוח ruach Jehovah , a wind of Jehovah, is a Hebraism, meaning no more than a strong wind. It is well known that a hot wind... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 40:3-8

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:10

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:7

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