They that wait upon the Lord. — The waiting implies, of course, the expectant attitude of faith.
Shall mount up with wings. — Better, shall lift up their wings, or, shall put forth wings’ feathers, the last, like Psalms 103:5, implying the belief that the eagle renewed its plumage in extreme old age. For the faithful there is no failure, and faith knows no weariness.
Verse Isaiah 40:31. _THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES_ - "They shall put forth fresh feathers like the moulting eagle"] It has been a common and popular opinion that the eagle lives and retai...
BUT THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD - The word rendered ‘wait upon’ here (from קוה _qâvâh_), denotes properly to wait, in the sense of expecting. The phrase, ‘to wait on Yahweh,’ means to wait for his...
II. THE LATER PROPHECIES OF COMFORT AND GLORY (40-66) Like the first part this second part of Isaiah has three sections. The three sections of the first part revealed the judgments to come upon the Je...
AN EXPANSION OF THE TEXT SUGGESTED IN ISAIAH 40:6. Isaiah 40:12. The Majesty of God, in Whose Eyes the World is Insignificant. God is the Creator, disposing of earth and heaven as very small things. N...
RENEW. change. Hebrew. _halaph,_ to change for the better. See note on Leviticus 27:10. STRENGTH. strength (to endure). Same word as in Isaiah 40:9. Not the same as in verses: Isa 26:29. MOUNT UP......
The prophet now turns to his own people, drawing the lesson of hope and encouragement which lies in the true doctrine of God. Jehovah, whom Israel still calls "my God" (Isaiah 40:27), is eternal and u...
_they that wait upon the Lord_(shall) _renew_(lit. "exchange" cf. ch. Isaiah 9:10) their _strength_. _mount up with wings_ although an excellent sense, is doubtful grammatically. The authorities are d...
DISCOURSE: 924 THE DESPONDING ENCOURAGED Isaiah 40:27. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known, h...
WHY SAYEST THOU, &C.— The _third,_ or _consolatory_ part of this discourse begins at this verse, wherein the foregoing doctrine and prophesy are applied to the comfort of the church; who, in her vario...
c. PERSEVERE IN WAITING FOR THE LORD TEXT: Isaiah 40:27-31 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice due to me is passed away from my God? 28...
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. THEY SHALL MOUNT UP (2 S...
40:31 upon (e-5) Or 'look for,' as ch. 8.17....
ISRAEL'S RESTORATION FROM EXILE IN BABYLON On the authorship and date of these Chapter s see Intro. According to their subject matter, they fall naturally into three divisions of almost equal length...
God’s gift of new energy will help his people to a better knowledge of his ways. SINS ~ evil deeds. JERUSALEM ~ at the time of David and Solomon, the capital of the country called Israel. During the t...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 40 This chapter begins the second half of the Book of Isaiah. • In CHAPTER...
וְ קֹויֵ֤ יְהוָה֙ יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֔חַ יַעֲל֥וּ...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
THE EVERLASTING GOD THE GIVER OF STRENGTH Isaiah 40:18-31 Day changes to night, and as the twilight deepens, the stars come out in their myriads, Isaiah 40:26. To the poetic eye of the watcher, they...
We now commence the prophecies of peace, which also fall into three divisions, dealing in turn with the purpose of peace (40-48), the Prince of Peace (49-57), the program of peace (58-66). The fist el...
_Eagles, who grow young, when they get new feathers, Psalm cii. 5. (St. Jerome) --- In this and the following 26 Chapter s the prophet chiefly comforts his people, as he had rebuked them for their cri...
REFLECTIONS MY soul! hear what thy Lord saith in this blessed chapter, and behold how he hath both commanded his people to be comforted, and provided every means for their comfort. Precious Lord Jesus...
As the Prophet's commission opened, so the chapter is closed, in giving a special comfort to the Lord's people. It is impossible to conceive in the whole compass of language, anything more gracious, m...
_THE SECRET OF IMMORTAL YOUTH_ ‘They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint...
31._But they that wait for Jehovah. _Hebrew writers employ the phrase, “exchanging strength,” (131) to denote “gathering new strength,” and thus “being restored.” The Prophet therefore shews, that god...
The first part of that which might be called the second book of Isaiah extends from chapter 40 to the end of chapter 48. The Messiah is, comparatively speaking, but little introduced here. It is rathe...
BUT THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD,.... As children on their parents, to do them honour, to obey their commands, and receive food and blessings from them; as servants on their masters, to know their ple...
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint. Ver. 31. _Shall renew...
_He giveth power to the faint_ He hath strength enough, not only for himself, but for all, even the weakest of his creatures, whom he can easily strengthen to bear all their burdens, and to vanquish a...
But they that wait upon the Lord, putting all their trust in Him alone, SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH, gaining new spiritual power from day to day; THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES, the birds who...
Jehovah the Supreme Ruler. The connection of thought between this section and the foregoing one is this, that the majesty and glory of God over against the idolatry of the heathen nations guarantees...
RENEW: _ Heb._ change...
27-31 The people of God are reproved for their unbelief and distrust of God. Let them remember they took the names Jacob and Israel, from one who found God faithful to him in all his straits. And the...
THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD; that rely upon him for strength to bear their burdens, and for deliverance from them in due time. SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; shall grow stronger and stronger in faith, and pa...
Isaiah 40:31 wait H6960 (H8802) LORD H3068 renew H2498 (H8686) strength H3581 up H5927 (H8799) wings...
THE GREATNESS OF GOD PROCLAIMED (ISAIAH 40:12). And He will be able to do it because of His greatness. In this vital passage the greatness of God to do What He declares He will do is now revealed in...
Isaiah 40:31 I. Consider, first, what it is to wait upon the Lord. Three things make it: service, expectation, patience. "Wait on the Lord." We must be as those Eastern maidens who, as they ply their...
Isaiah 40:28 I. We have, first, the prophet's appeal to the familiar thought of an unchangeable God as the antidote to all despondency and the foundation of all hope. The life of men and of creatures...
Isaiah 40:25. _To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he c...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God._ «They need it, and they shall have it. Mind, O my servants, that you give it to them: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God...
CONTENTS: Joyful prospect given to the people of God of the happiness of coming redemption. Reproof for their despondencies. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: Nothing can be spoken mo...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people._ What a sweet voice is this to the church, after all her long afflictions. The words are doubled, to designate the fulness of comfort in the pardon of s...
_But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength--_ STRENGTH FOR THE RETURNING EXILES There was a real climax in the prophet’s statement. And its application, in his thought, was to the...
_Even the youths shall faint_ THE UNFAINTING SPIRIT The Hebrew tendency to lean upon the most muscular arm accessible, to buy up horses from Egypt in imitation of the warriors of the plains, to form...
_He giveth power to the faint_ THE DIVINE HELPER I. OUR SPIRITUAL CONDITION IS INTIMATELY KNOWN TO THE DIVINE FATHER. He knows the strong and the faint alike. As a wise Shepherd, He is acquainted wi...
_The Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not._ THE UNWEARIED GOD AND WEARIED MEN For nations and for individuals in view of political disasters or of private sorrows, the only holdf...
_Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord?_ THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD: A REPLY TO UNBELIEF I. THE UNIVERSAL DISPOSITION TO UNBELIEF. “Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and s...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 40:30 EVEN YOUTHS. Human strength fails, even at its best. Only God can provide the strength needed for life’s challenges. ⇐
WAITING ON GOD Isaiah 40:31. _They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength_. I. TWO CONDITIONS ARE NECESSARY TO PHYSICAL LIFE, VIZ., REPOSE AND ACTIVITY. So, also, in the spiritual life,...
CHEER FOR THE DESPONDING Isaiah 40:26. _Lift up your eyes on high, &c._ These encouraging assurances must have been of the highest value to the captive and disconsolate Jews in Babylon. Banished for...
PART III. ISAIAH'S LATER PROPHECIES (CH. 40-66.). SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION (Isaiah 40:1.). EXPOSITION...
But he's talking about a whole new message of God for the people as we get into the new covenant of God. And so it is appropriate that this new section of Isaiah begins with the word of the Lord decla...
1 Thessalonians 1:10; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9;...
Wait — That rely upon him. Renew — Shall grow stronger and stronger....