Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these [things], that bringeth (b) out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that [he is] strong in power; not one faileth.
(b) Who has set in order the infinite number of the stars.
Verse Isaiah 40:26. _LEFT UP YOUR EYES ON HIGH_] The rabbins say, He who is capable of meditating on the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, and does not meditate on them, is not worthy to have his na...
LIFT UP YOUR EYES ON HIGH - Direct your eyes toward heaven, and in the contemplation of the wonders of the starry world, and of God’s power there, learn the evidence of his ability to destroy his foes...
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...
CALLETH. calleth for, summoneth. by names. See Psalms 147:4. and App-12. STRONG. strong (for activity in working). Not the same word as in verses: Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 40:29;...
_and behold who hath created_ Better as R.V. marg.: AND SEE: WHO HATH CREATED THESE? The word "create" occurs fifteen times in ch. 40 55 and five times in the Chapter s which follow; perhaps not more...
TO WHOM THEN WILL YE LIKEN GOD?— _To whom,_ &c. or _what resemblance will ye contrive for him?_ Isaiah 40:19. _The workman casts an image; and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and worketh silver c...
b. PERCEIVE THE NATURE OF THE LORD TEXT: Isaiah 40:12-26 12 Who hath measured the water in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a me...
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power...
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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...
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...
To give honour to the stars in the heavens was of great importance in *Babylonian life. The practice became attractive to God’s people. They could see the bright stars. They could not see the *Lord....
WHO HATH CREATED... — The verb may be noted as a characteristic of 2 Isaiah, in which it occurs twenty times. THAT BRINGETH OUT THEIR HOST... — The words expand the idea implied in Jehovah-Sabaoth (co...
שְׂאוּ ־מָרֹ֨ום עֵינֵיכֶ֤ם וּ רְאוּ֙ מִי ־בָר
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...
_Host of heaven, the stars, &c., Genesis ii. 1., and Psalm cxlvi. 4._...
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...
26._Lift up your eyes on high. _The Prophet appears to linger too long on this subject, more especially because it presents no obscurity; for he repeats by many statements what is acknowledged by all,...
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...
LIFT UP YOUR EYES ON HIGH,.... From the earth, and the inhabitants of it, even those of the greatest power and influence in it, to the heavens above, those that are visible to the eye: AND BEHOLD WHO...
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these [things], that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that [he is] strong in po...
_To whom then will ye liken me_ He repeats what he said Isaiah 40:18, that he might oblige them to the more serious and frequent consideration of the absurdity of idolatry. _Lift up your eyes on high_...
Lift up your eyes on high, namely, to the heights of heaven, to the starry firmament, AND BEHOLD WHO HATH CREATED THESE THINGS, all the heavenly bodies, THAT BRINGETH OUT THEIR HOST BY NUMBER, like a...
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...
18-26 Whatever we esteem or love, fear or hope in, more than God, that creature we make equal with God, though we do not make images or worship them. He that is so poor, that he has scarcely a sacrif...
LIFT UP YOUR EYES ON HIGH; to the high and starry heaven as appears from the following words. THESE THINGS which you see on high, the host of heaven, as it follows. THAT BRINGETH OUT; that at first br...
Isaiah 40:26 up H5375 (H8798) eyes H5869 high H4791 see H7200 (H8798) created H1254 (H8804) out...
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 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem._ The loss of comfort is no small loss. God would have his people happy. They are in the best conditi...
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...
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...
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...
_Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand?_ THE GRANDEUR OF GOD The prophet’s notions of God are diffused through all the verses of the text. The prophet’s design in describing the Dei...
_Lift up your eyes on high_ LOOKING UP AND PRESSING ON A man’s vision broadens as it lengthens. Look straight down at your feet; what do you see? A few inches will measure the diameter of the circle...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 40:25 The Jewish exiles in Babylon were surrounded by pagan religions, many of which worshiped astrological phenomena. By contrast, THE HOLY ONE of Israel has no equal in his pow...
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...
THE UNIVERSE AND MAN Isaiah 40:26. _Lift up your eyes on high, &c._ We find in the text—not obscurely, not ambiguously, but with the clearness and positiveness of knowledge— I. THAT GOD SHOULD NOT B...
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...
Colossians 1:16; Colossians 1:17; Deuteronomy 4:19; Genesis 2:1;...
THE DEITY OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 40:1, _Isaiah 40:25_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We suggest a threefold vision of the Deity of Christ as an introduction to the sermon proper. 1. THE DEITY OF CHRIST AS...
Bringeth — That at first brought them out of nothing, and from day to day brings them forth, making them to rise and set in their appointed times. Faileth — Either to appear when he calls them; or to...