Isaiah 40:29-31

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:12-31

The Greatness Of God Proclaimed (Isaiah 40:12-31 ). 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 all its fullness. He Is Over Creation. Isaiah 40:12 ‘Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand? And measured the heavens with a span? And enveloped the dust of the earth in a measure? And weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?’ The first concentration is on... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:12-31

Isaiah 40:12-Obadiah : . An Expansion of the Text Suggested in Isaiah 40:6-Ruth : . Isaiah 40:12-Esther : . The Majesty of God, in Whose Eyes the World is Insignificant.— God is the Creator, disposing of earth and heaven as very small things. No adviser instructed Him. The nations in His sight are like the drop hanging from the bucket, or the dust on the scale, too small to count in the bulk. The forests of Lebanon and the many wild beasts that range them would not provide fuel and victims... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 40:29

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 all their oppressors. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 40:30

The youngest and strongest men, left to themselves, or without God’s help, or which do not wait upon God; which is easily understood from the opposition in the following verse. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 40:31

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 patience, and fortitude, whereby they shall be more than conquerors over all their enemies and adversities. They shall mount up with wings as eagles; which fly most strongly, and swiftly, and high, out of the reach of all danger. They shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint;... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 40:26-31

CHEER FOR THE DESPONDINGIsaiah 40:26-31. 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 so long a period from the land of their fathers, they were ready to fear that they were outcasts from God. And they are of the utmost value now, for even now the people of God are in times of trouble often tempted to take a dark and depressing view of God’s dealings and dispensation. Then let... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 40:31

WAITING ON GODIsaiah 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, there are two conditions of health, viz., passivity and exercise. The former is expressed by waiting, which implies—1. Passivity—a state in which we are the recipients, in which we do nothing, but quietly expect something to be done. As men “wait for the morning,” they wait for the salvation of God; for... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:27-29

Isaiah 40:27-29 Notice: I. Isaiah's despondency. It arose from a twofold source. (1) The sense of a Divine desertion: "My way is hid from the Lord." (2) The absence of Divine recompense: "My judgment is passed over from my God." II. The truth that removed Isaiah's despondency. (1) The greatness of God in nature. (2) The tenderness of the revealed will. III. The results of its removal. (1) Strength in weakness. (2) Immortal youth. E. L. Hull, Sermons, 1st series, p. 94. read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:28-31

Isaiah 40:28-31 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 is like a river, with its source and its course and its end. The life of God is like the ocean, with joyous movement of tides and currents of life and energy and purpose, but ever the same and ever returning upon itself. Jehovah, the unchanged, unchangeable, inexhaustible Being, spends and is... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:31

Isaiah 40:31 I. Physical weariness is the least part of the weariness of our world. The extent and the depth of heart-weariness is greater than complaint ever utters. There is a hidden, dull, weary, aching weariness in souls everywhere, which never reveals itself. II. Hope in God is a quenchless hope for our essential, enduring nature, if we can come home to it a hope that is capable of being re-born and newborn after every disappointment and death. It is a childlike confidence that we are... read more

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