To Isaiah there is something very impressive in the peasant's subtle yet unpretentious knowledge of his craft; he is like a part of nature, and his wisdom seems a direct emanation from the infinite Wisdom to which all things owe their being (cf. Isaiah 28:26).

which is wonderful … working wonderful is His counsel, great His wisdom; lit. "He produces wonderful counsel, He magnifies wisdom" (cf. "Wonderful Counseller," ch. Isaiah 9:6). The word rendered "working" is a technical term of the Wisdom Literature. It seems to denote that which is essentially rational. "It is said of a state or action when it corresponds to the idea; and conversely of thought when it corresponds to the reality" (Davidson, Job, p. 39, in this series).

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