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Isaiah Chapter 40

Isaiah

isa 40:0

Overview

Isa 40:1, The promulgation of the Gospel; Isa 40:3, The preaching of John Baptist; Isa 40:9, The preaching of the apostles; Isa 40:12, The prophet, by the omnipotency of God, Isa 40:18. and his incomparableness, Isa 40:26. comforts the people.

Isaiah 40:1

isa 40:1

comfort: Isa 3:10, Isa 35:3, Isa 35:4, Isa 41:10-14, Isa 41:27, Isa 49:13-16, Isa 50:10, Isa 51:3, Isa 51:12, Isa 57:15-19; Isa. 60:1-22, Isa 61:1-3, Isa 62:11, Isa 62:12, Isa 65:13, Isa 65:14, Isa 66:10-14; Neh 8:10; Psa 85:8; Jer 31:10-14; Zep 3:14-17; Zac 1:13, Zac 9:9; Co2 1:4; Th1 4:18; Heb 6:17, Heb 6:18

Isaiah 40:2

isa 40:2

comfortably: Heb. to the heart, Gen 34:3; Ch2 30:22; Hos 2:14 *marg.

warfare: or, appointed time, Psa. 102:13-28; Sol 2:11-13; Jer 29:11; Dan 9:2, Dan 9:24-27, Dan 11:35, Dan 12:4, Dan 12:9; Hab 2:3; Act 1:7; Gal 4:4; Rev 6:10,Rev 6:11, Rev 11:15-18

that her iniquity: Isa 12:1, Isa 33:24, Isa 43:25, Isa 44:22, Isa 61:7; Psa 32:1; Jer 31:33, Jer 31:34, Jer 33:8, Jer 33:9; Co1 6:9-11

double: Isa 61:7; Job 42:10-12; Jer 16:18, Jer 17:18; Dan 9:12; Zac 1:15, Zac 9:12; Rev 18:6

Isaiah 40:3

isa 40:3

The voice: Mat 3:1-3; Mar 1:2-5; Luk 3:2-6; Joh 1:23

Prepare: Isa 35:8, Isa 57:14, Isa 62:10,Isa 62:11; Mal 3:1, Mal 4:5, Mal 4:6; Luk 1:16, Luk 1:17, Luk 1:76, Luk 1:77

make: Isa 11:15, Isa 11:16, Isa 43:19, Isa 49:11; Psa 68:4

Isaiah 40:4

isa 40:4

valley: Isa 42:11, Isa 42:15, Isa 42:16; Sa1 2:8; Psa 113:7, Psa 113:8; Eze 17:24, Eze 21:26; Luk 1:52, Luk 1:53; Luk 3:5, Luk 18:14

every mountain: Isa 2:12-15; Job 40:11-13

and the: Isa 42:16, Isa 45:2; Pro 2:15

straight: or, a straight place

plain: or, a plain place

Isaiah 40:5

isa 40:5

the glory: Isa 6:3, Isa 11:9, Isa 35:2, Isa 60:1; Psa 72:19, Psa 96:6, Psa 102:16; Hab 2:14; Luk 2:10-14; Joh 1:14, Joh 12:41; Co2 3:18, Co2 4:6; Heb 1:3; Rev 21:23

all flesh: Isa 49:6, Isa 52:10, Isa 66:16, Isa 66:23; Jer 32:27; Joe 2:28; Zac 2:13; Luk 2:32, Luk 3:6; Joh 17:2; Act 2:17

for the mouth: Isa 1:20, Isa 58:14; Jer 9:12; Mic 4:4

Isaiah 40:6

isa 40:6

Cry: Isa 40:3, Isa 12:6, Isa 58:1, Isa 61:1, Isa 61:2; Jer 2:2, Jer 31:6; Hos 5:8

All flesh: Isa 37:27; Job 14:2; Psa 90:5, Psa 90:6, Psa 92:7, Psa 102:11, Psa 103:15, Psa 103:16; Jam 1:10,Jam 1:11; Pe1 1:24

Isaiah 40:8

isa 40:8

the word: Isa 46:10,Isa 46:11, Isa 55:10,Isa 55:11; Psa 119:89-91; Zac 1:6; Mat 5:18, Mat 24:35; Mar 13:31; Joh 10:35, Joh 12:34; Rom 3:1-3; Pe1 1:25

Isaiah 40:9

isa 40:9

O Zion, that bringest good tidings: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, Isa 41:27, Isa 52:7; Ezr 1:1, Ezr 1:2; Luk 24:47; Rom 10:18

get: Jdg 9:7; Sa1 26:13, Sa1 26:14; Ch2 13:4

O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem

lift up: Isa 52:8, Isa 58:4; Jer 22:20; Act 2:14

be not: Isa 35:3, Isa 35:4, Isa 51:7, Isa 51:12; Act 4:13, Act 4:29, Act 5:41, Act 5:42; Eph 6:19; Phi 1:28, Phi 1:29; Pe1 3:14

Behold: Isa 12:2, Isa 25:9; Ti1 3:16; Jo1 5:20,Jo1 5:21

Isaiah 40:10

isa 40:10

the Lord God: Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7, Isa 59:15-21, 60:1-22; Zac 2:8-11; Mal 3:1; Joh 12:13, Joh 12:15

with strong hand: or, against the strong, Isa 49:24, Isa 49:25, Isa 53:12; Heb 2:14; Jo1 3:8

his arm: Isa 59:16; Psa 2:8, Psa 2:9, Psa 66:3, Psa 110:1, Psa 110:2, Psa 110:6; Mat 28:18; Eph 1:20-22; Phi 2:10,Phi 2:11; Rev 2:26, Rev 2:27, Rev 17:14, Rev 19:11-16, Rev 20:11

his reward: Isa 62:11; Rev 22:12

his work: or, recompence for his work, Isa 49:4

Isaiah 40:11

isa 40:11

feed: Isa 49:9, Isa 49:10, Isa 63:11; Gen 49:24; Psa 23:1-6, Psa 78:71, Psa 78:72, Psa 80:1; Eze 34:12-14; Eze 34:23, Eze 34:31, Eze 37:24; Mic 5:4; Joh 10:11-16; Heb 13:20; Pe1 2:25; Pe1 5:4; Rev 7:17

he shall gather: Isa 42:3; Gen 33:13; Eze 34:16; Joh 21:15-17; Co1 3:1, Co1 3:2

shall gently lead: A beautiful image, as Bp. Lowth remarks, expressive of the tender attention of the shepherd to his flock. That the greatest care in driving the cattle, in regard to the dams and their young, was necessary, appears clearly from Jacob's apology to his brother Esau, Gen 33:13; which is set in a still stronger light by the following remarks of Sir J. Chardin: "Their flocks feed down the places of their encampments so quick, by the great numbers that they have, that they are obliged to remove them often, which is very destructive to their flocks, on account of the young ones, who have not strength enough to follow."

are with young: or, give suck

Isaiah 40:12

isa 40:12

measured: Isa 48:13; Job 11:7-9, Job 38:4-11; Psa 102:25, Psa 102:26, Psa 104:2, Psa 104:3; Pro 8:26-28, Pro 30:4; Heb 1:10-12; Rev 20:11

measure: Heb. tierce

weighed: Job 28:25

Isaiah 40:13

isa 40:13

hath directed: Job 21:22, Job 36:22, Job 36:23; Luk 10:22; Joh 1:13; Rom 11:34; Co1 2:16; Eph 1:11

his counsellor: Heb. man of his counsel

Isaiah 40:14

isa 40:14

instructed him: Heb. made him understand

understanding: Heb. understandings. Co1 12:4-6; Col 2:3; Jam 1:17

Isaiah 40:15

isa 40:15

the nations: Isa 40:22; Job 34:14, Job 34:15; Jer 10:10

the isles: Isa 11:11, Isa 41:5, Isa 59:18, Isa 66:19; Gen 10:5; Dan 11:18; Zep 2:11

Isaiah 40:16

isa 40:16

nor: Psa 40:6, Psa 50:10-12; Mic 6:6, Mic 6:7; Heb 10:5-10

Isaiah 40:17

isa 40:17

as nothing: Job 25:6; Psa 62:9; Dan 4:34, Dan 4:35; Co2 12:11

Isaiah 40:18

isa 40:18

Isa 40:25, Isa 46:5, Isa 46:9; Exo 8:10, Exo 9:14, Exo 15:11, Exo 20:4; Deu 33:26; Sa1 2:2; Job 40:9; Psa 86:8-10, Psa 89:6, Psa 89:8, Psa 113:5; Jer 10:6, Jer 10:16; Mic 7:18; Act 17:29; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3

Isaiah 40:19

isa 40:19

Isa 37:18, Isa 37:19, Isa 41:6, Isa 41:7, Isa 44:10-12, Isa 46:6, Isa 46:7; Exo 32:2-4; Jdg 17:4; Psa 115:4-8; Psa 135:15, Psa 135:18; Jer 10:3-5, Jer 10:9; Hos 8:6; Hab 2:18, Hab 2:19

Isaiah 40:20

isa 40:20

is so impoverished that he hath no oblation: Heb. is poor of oblation

chooseth: Isa 2:8, Isa 2:9, Isa 44:13-19; Jer 10:3, Jer 10:4; Dan 5:23

shall not: Isa 41:7, Isa 46:7; Sa1 5:3, Sa1 5:4

Isaiah 40:21

isa 40:21

Isa 27:11, Isa 44:20, Isa 46:8; Psa 19:1-5, Psa 115:8; Jer 10:8-12; Act 14:17; Rom 1:19-21, Rom 1:28, Rom 3:1, Rom 3:2

Isaiah 40:22

isa 40:22

It is he that sitteth: or, Him that sitteth, etc. Isa 19:1, Isa 66:1; Psa 2:4, Psa 29:10, Psa 68:33

the inhabitants: Isa 40:15, Isa 40:17; Num 13:33

stretcheth: Isa 42:5, Isa 44:24, Isa 51:13; Job 9:8, Job 37:18, Job 38:4-9; Psa 102:25, Psa 102:26, Psa 104:2; Jer 10:12; Zac 12:1; Heb 1:10-12

as a curtain: Or, "as a thin veil," as Bp. Lowth renders; which he illustrates by the following passage from Dr. Shaw. "It is usual in the summer season, and upon all occasions when a large company is to be received, to have the court sheltered from heat, or inclemency of the weather by a velum umbrella, or veil, as I shall call it; which, being expanded on ropes from one end of the parapet to the other, may be folded or unfolded at pleasure. The Psalmist seems to allude to some covering of this kind, in that beautiful expression of spreading out the heavens as a curtain.

Isaiah 40:23

isa 40:23

Isa 19:13, Isa 19:14, Isa 23:9, Isa 24:21, Isa 24:22; Job 12:21, Job 34:19, Job 34:20; Psa 76:12, Psa 107:40; Jer 25:18-27; Luk 1:51, Luk 1:52; Rev 19:18-20

Isaiah 40:24

isa 40:24

they shall not be planted: Isa 14:21, Isa 14:22, Isa 17:11; Kg1 21:21, Kg1 21:22; Kg2 10:11; Job 15:30-33, Job 18:16-19; Jer 22:30; Nah 1:14

he shall also: Isa 40:7, Isa 11:4, Isa 30:33, Isa 37:7; Sa2 22:16; Job 4:9; Hag 1:9

and the: Isa 17:13, Isa 41:16; Job 21:18; Psa 58:9; Pro 1:27; Jer 23:19; Hos 13:3, Hos 13:15; Zac 7:14, Zac 9:14

Isaiah 40:25

isa 40:25

Isa 40:18; Deu 4:15-18, Deu 4:33, Deu 5:8

Isaiah 40:26

isa 40:26

Lift: Isa 51:6; Deu 4:19; Job 31:26-28; Psa 8:3, Psa 8:4, Psa 19:1

who hath: Isa 44:24, Isa 45:7, Isa 48:13; Gen 2:1, Gen 2:2; Psa 102:25, Psa 148:3-6; Jer 10:11, Jer 10:12; Col 1:16, Col 1:17

bringeth: Psa 147:4, Psa 147:5

by the greatness: Psa 89:11-13; Jer 32:17-19

Isaiah 40:27

isa 40:27

sayest: Isa 49:14, Isa 49:15, Isa 54:6-8, Isa 60:15; Sa1 12:22; Job 3:23; Psa 31:22, Psa 77:7-10; Jer 33:24; Eze 37:11; Rom 11:1, Rom 11:2

my judgment: Isa 49:4; Job 27:2, Job 34:5; Mal 2:17; Luk 18:7, Luk 18:8

Isaiah 40:28

isa 40:28

thou not known: Jer 4:22; Mar 8:17, Mar 8:18, Mar 9:19, Mar 16:14; Luk 24:25; Joh 14:9; Co1 6:3-5, Co1 6:9; Co1 6:16, Co1 6:19

the everlasting: Isa 57:15; Gen 21:33; Deu 33:27; Jer 10:10; Rom 16:26; Ti1 1:17; Heb 9:14

the ends: Isa 45:22, Isa 59:1; Sa1 2:10; Act 13:47

fainteth: Isa 66:9; Psa 138:8; Joh 5:17; Phi 1:6

no searching: Isa 55:8, Isa 55:9; Psa 139:6, Psa 147:5; Rom 11:33, Rom 11:34; Co1 2:16

Isaiah 40:29

isa 40:29

Isa 41:10; Gen 49:24; Deu 33:25; Psa 29:11; Zac 10:12; Co2 12:9, Co2 12:10; Phi 4:13; Col 1:11; Heb 11:34

Isaiah 40:30

isa 40:30

Isa 9:17, Isa 13:18; Psa 33:16, Psa 34:10, Psa 39:5; Ecc 9:11; Amo 2:14

Isaiah 40:31

isa 40:31

they that: Isa 8:17, Isa 25:9, Isa 30:18; Psa 25:3, Psa 25:5, Psa 25:21, Psa 27:14, Psa 37:34, Psa 40:1, Psa 84:7, Psa 92:1, Psa 92:13; Psa 123:2; Lam 3:25, Lam 3:26; Rom 8:25; Th1 1:10

renew: Heb. change, Jdg 16:28; Job 17:9, Job 33:24-26; Psa 103:5, Psa 138:3; Co2 1:8-10; Co2 4:8-10,Co2 4:16, Co2 12:9, Co2 12:10

mount: Exo 19:4; Psa 84:7; Sol 8:5; Zac 10:12; Rev 4:7

not faint: Psa 27:13; Luk 18:1; Co2 4:1, Co2 4:16; Gal 6:9; Heb 12:1; Rev 2:3


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