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William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:12-16

CHAPTER VIGOD: A SACRAMENTIsaiah 40:12-16SUCH are the Four Voices which herald the day of Israel’s redemption. They are scarcely silent, before the Sun Himself uprises, and horizon after horizon of His empire is displayed to the eyes of His starved and waiting people. From the prologue of the prophecy, in Isaiah 40:1-11, we advance to the presentation, in Isaiah 40:12-31 and Isaiah 41:1-29, of its primary and governing truth-the sovereignty and omnipotence of God, the God of Israel.We may well... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 40:1-31

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 Jewish people, Jerusalem, the nations and the earth. The three sections of the second part reveal the great blessings in store for the people of Israel, Jerusalem, the nations and the earth, after the judgments are passed. These sections give the past, present, and the future history of the Jewish... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 40:1

40:1 Comfort {a} ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.(a) This is a consolation for the Church, assuring them that they will never be destitute of prophets by which he exhorts the true ministers of God that then were, and those also that would come after him, to comfort the poor afflicted and to assure them of their deliverance both of body and soul. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 40:2

40:2 Speak ye kindly to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her {b} warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received from the LORD’S hand {c} double for all her sins.(b) The time of her affliction.(c) Meaning, sufficient as in Isaiah 61:7 and full correction, or double grace, while she deserved double punishment. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 40:3

40:3 The {d} voice of him that crieth in the {e} wilderness, (f) Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.(d) That is, of the prophets.(e) That is, in Babylonia and other places, where they were kept in captivity and misery.(f) Meaning Cyrus and Darius who would deliver God’s people out of captivity and make them a ready way to Jerusalem. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 40:4

40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every {g} mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:(g) Whatever may prevent or hinder this deliverance will be removed. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 40:5

40:5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all {h} flesh together shall see [it]: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].(h) This miracle will be so great, that it will be known through all the world. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 40:6

40:6 The {i} voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all its {k} beauty [is] as the flower of the field:(i) The voice of God which spoke to the prophet Isaiah.(k) Meaning, all man’s wisdom and natural powers, James 1:10, 1 Peter 1:24 . read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 40:7

40:7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the {l} breath of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people [is] grass.(l) The spirit of God will discover the vanity in all that seems to have any excellency of themselves. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 40:8

40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the {m} word of our God shall stand for ever.(m) Though considering the frailty of man’s nature many of the Jews would perish, and so not be partakers of this deliverance, yet God’s promise would be fulfilled, and they who remained, would feel the fruit of it. read more

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