E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 40:5
flesh. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), put for all people. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 40:1
INTRODUCTION TO DIVISION VI (Isaiah 40-66)Our introduction to the whole prophecy is also applicable here; but due to the flood of critical comments to the effect that this division is utterly unlike Isaiah and that it comes from a different author who lived a century or more after Isaiah's times, we shall address the question again, hopeful that new light can be shed upon the alleged problem.It is our unwavering conviction that all of the prophecy in our version which is ascribed to Isaiah was... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 40:3
"The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough place a plain: and the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it."The first impression here may be that God will precede the captives on the way back home from Babylon, and... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 40:1-2
Isaiah 40:1-2. Comfort ye, &c.— These are the words of the prophet, relating what he saw, or what he heard, in this scene of the manifestation of the kingdom of God, with its signs and concomitants. He relates, that he heard the voice of Jehovah directed to certain ministers of his, commanding them to comfort his people on account of the approaching advent of the kingdom of God. This command is from the Father by the Holy Spirit, and it is directed to those teachers of the church, whose... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 40:3-5
Isaiah 40:3-5. The voice of him that crieth— It is manifest to every reader of this passage, that it exhibits to us the voice of a public herald or harbinger, who, at the approach of an illustrious king, commands the ways to be levelled, and made fit for his reception, easy and commodious for his passage. The metaphor is taken from a custom of remotest antiquity. Thus Arrian, speaking of Alexander, says, "He now marched towards the river Indus, his army going before, to prepare the way for him;... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:1
1. Comfort ye, comfort ye—twice repeated to give double assurance. Having announced the coming captivity of the Jews in Babylon, God now desires His servants, the prophets (Isaiah 52:7), to comfort them. The scene is laid in Babylon; the time, near the close of the captivity; the ground of comfort is the speedy ending of the captivity, the Lord Himself being their leader. my people . . . your God—correlatives (Jeremiah 31:33; Hosea 1:9; Hosea 1:10). It is God's covenant relation with His... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:2
2. comfortably—literally, "to the heart"; not merely to the intellect. Jerusalem—Jerusalem though then in ruins, regarded by God as about to be rebuilt; her people are chiefly meant, but the city is personified. cry—publicly and emphatically as a herald cries aloud ( :-). warfare—or, the appointed time of her misery ( :-, Margin; Job 14:14; Daniel 10:1). The ulterior and Messianic reference probably is the definite time when the legal economy of burdensome rites is at an end (Galatians 4:3;... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:3
3. crieth in the wilderness—So the Septuagint and Matthew 3:3 connect the words. The Hebrew accents, however, connect them thus: "In the wilderness prepare ye," c., and the parallelism also requires this, "Prepare ye in the wilderness," answering to "make straight in the desert." Matthew was entitled, as under inspiration, to vary the connection, so as to bring out another sense, included in the Holy Spirit's intention in Matthew 3:1, "John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness," answers... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:4
4. Eastern monarchs send heralds before them in a journey to clear away obstacles, make causeways over valleys, and level hills. So John's duty was to bring back the people to obedience to the law and to remove all self-confidence, pride in national privileges, hypocrisy, and irreligion, so that they should be ready for His coming (Malachi 4:6; Luke 1:17). crooked—declivities. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 40:4
Every valley, &c. These physical marvels are supernatural, and can never be produced by the spiritual and holy living of individua1 Christians. read more