Isaiah 40:28 - Exposition

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 "be weary," to "slumber" or "sleep," the whole fabric of nature would fail and disappear, universal chaos would set in, all moral order would cease—probably all existence, except his own, sink into nothingness. God is wholly free from whatsoever is weak or defective in man. No searching (see Job 5:9 ; Job 9:10 ; Job 11:7 ; Psalms 147:5 ; Ecclesiastes 3:11 ). God's ways being unsearchable, his servants must trust him to accomplish their deliverance in his own good time.