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2019 January 1
Isaiah 40



God the Father (after 1664)
Pierre Mignard (1612-1695)
Baroque Style
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art

     [ Illustration: Today's painting is of God the Father in his glory, mirroring the underlying theme of today's chapter. ]



SPECIAL NOTE:

[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]



     Explanation: Isaiah 40 opens with a word of comfort and pardon for the LORD's people (1-2).
     A voice cries out in the wilderness telling all to prepare the way of the LORD, for the Glory of the LORD will be revealed (3-5).
     The message continues with a command to Isaiah to cry out that all flesh is grass and will fade; but the word of the LORD will stand forever (6-8).
     God will come in strength and be a shepherd to his people (9-11).
     He is incomparable in wisdom and power: no one is wise enough to give him instruction; before him the earth can be weighed in a scale; the nations are like a drop in a bucket; and Lebanon's beasts are insufficient as an offering to him (12-17).
     He is unlike the idols which can't move themselves (18-20).
     From the beginning he sits upon the circle of the earth, spreads the heavens like his tent, and brings the princes to nothing (21-23).
     He will sweep away the nations like stubble before the whirlwind (24).
     The LORD is unlike anyone they know; he is mighty enough to create and order the heavens; and they that wait on him will renew their strength and (like him) be unwearied (25-31).


     [ Sermons: Eric Alexander. Alistair Begg. Charles Leiter. Various. ]




Bible Chronologies -- Genesis to Revelation

[Traditional Patriarchal Chronology. Judges Period Chronology 1. Judges Period Chronology 2. Kings of Judah and Israel #1. Kings of Judah and Israel #2].

[Post Exile Chronology 1. Post Exile Chronology 2. Post Exile Chronology 3.]

[Prophets Chronology 1. Prophets Chronology 2. Prophets Chronology 3. Prophets Chronology 4.]

[Intertestamental Period Chronology 1. Intertestamental Period Chronology 2. Intertestamental Period Chronology 3.
Intertestamental Period Chronology 4. Intertestamental Period Chronology 5.]

[New Testament Chronology 1. New Testament Chronology 2. New Testament Chronology 3. New Testament Chronology 4. New Testament Chronology 5.]




RESOURCES

PLEASE NOTE: Use the resources on this and other sites thoughtfully, particularly the commentaries and encyclopedias. I have attempted to list conservative, scholarly resources. However, some providers use liberal or liberal-influenced commentaries such as the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (in Bible Hub). Such commentaries are undoubtedly included by the provider for the wealth of useful information and comments which they provide. By consulting several commentaries, it should be fairly easy to sort out the wheat from the chaff. If, however, you would like personal assistance, write to me at AD LIB ARTS EMAIL.


          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Isaiah 40: Isaiah 40. Isaiah 41. Isaiah 42. Isaiah 43. Isaiah 44. Isaiah 45. Isaiah 46. Isaiah 47. Isaiah 48. ]
[1] Isaiah 35:3-4; Isaiah 41:10-14, 27; Isaiah 49:13-16; Isaiah 50:10; Isaiah 51:3, 12; Isaiah 51:3, 12; Isaiah 61:1-3; Isaiah 62:11-12; Isaiah 3:10.
[2] Haggai 1:13; Haggai 2:9; Zechariah 1:13; Zechariah 2:5-10; Zechariah 9:9-12; Job 7:1; Job 14:14; Leviticus 26:41; Leviticus 26:41-43; Exodus 22:9; Revelation 18:6; Jeremiah 16:18.
[3] John 1:23; Psalm 68:7; Judges 5:4; Isaiah 35:8.
[4] Matthew 3:5-7; Luke 3:3-9.
[5] John 1:14; Luke 3:6; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 66:16; Isaiah 66:23-24; Isaiah 38:11.
[6] Job 14:2; Psalm 90:5-6; Isaiah 2:22.
[7] Psalm 103:15-16; Psalm 119:41; Psalm 119:65; Psalm 119:89; John 1:1.
[8] Isaiah 46:10-11; Isaiah 55:10-11.
[9] Isaiah 52:7.
[10] Isaiah 3:15; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 52:10; Isaiah 62:11.
[11] Psalms 23; John 10; Psalm 77:20; Psalm 80:1; Jeremiah 13:17; Jeremiah 31:10; Jeremiah 1:19; Ezekiel 34:11-16; Matthew 9:36; Matthew 18:12; Luke 15:4.
[12] Job 38:4; Job 38:25; Job 38:37.
[13] Job 21:22; 1 Corinthians 2:16.
[14] Proverbs 11:23; Isaiah 33:15.
[15] Jeremiah 10:10.
[16] Psalm 50:10-12; Nehemiah 10:34.
[17] Genesis 1:2; Isaiah 24:10; Isaiah 29:21; Isaiah 34:11.
[18] Acts 17:24-29.
[19] Isaiah 44:10-12.
[20] Isaiah 44:13-19.
[21] Romans 1:20; Psalm 19:4.
[22] Job 22:14; Proverbs 8:27; Numbers 13:33; Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 44:24; Psalm 104:2; Genesis 1:7.
[23] Isaiah 14:9.
[24] Psalm 129:6.
[25] Deuteronomy 4:15-18, 33.
[26] Psalm 147:4; John 10:3.
[27] Romans 11:29-36.
[28] Isaiah 40:21; Isaiah 7:13; Romans 11:33.
[29] Matthew 5:6; Luke 1:52-53; Luke 6:21.
[30] Psalm 33:16.
[31] Psalm 103:5; Psalm 25:3, 5, 21.
     -- From Treasury of Scripture Knowledge & Others ]


          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). PROVERBS: Book of Proverbs. ECCLESIASTES: Book of Ecclesiastes Dramatized. SONG OF SOLOMON: Song of Solomon Dramatized. ISAIAH: Isaiah Dramatized. VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]



HARMONY OF THE LAW


John Calvin - CCEL | Analytical Chart - BLB




GOSPEL HARMONIES

Gospel Harmony - Summary | The Harmony of the Gospels - Augustine | Gospel Harmony Chart - Online Bible

Greek Harmony of the Gospels - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) | Gospel Harmony in English - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF)



HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES


Hebrew and Greek Interlinear Download - Scripture 4 All

Bible Hub Interlinear Hebrew and Greek Bible


Bible Hub Hebrew Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Hebrew Interlinear


Mounce Interlinear | Bible Hub Greek Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Greek Interlinear Bible





Isaiah Detailed Outline


Isaiah 40


Map 1: Bible Nations | Map 2: Empire of David and Solomon Map 3: Kingdoms of Judah and Israel | Post Exile Chronology.


Isaiah 40


2. Post-Exile: The Blessing & Judgment Cycles ( 40:1 - 66:24 ) - 701-681 B.C., Israel
(These 8 groups of prophecies alternate between blessings on Israel and judgment on God's enemies.)


A. Cycle 1 (40:1 - 48:22)

1. Blessing: On God's Chastised People (40:1 - 45:25)

a. Blessing for God's People Through Pardon (40:1-31)


1 Comfort ye,
comfort ye
my people,
saith your God.
2 Speak ye comfortably [upon the heart] to Jerusalem,
and cry unto her,
that her warfare is accomplished,
that her iniquity is pardoned:
for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.


3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the LORD,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low:
and the crooked shall be made straight,
and the rough places plain:
5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together:
for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.


6 The voice said,
Cry.
And he said,
What shall I cry?
All flesh is grass,
and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
7 The grass withereth,
the flower fadeth:
because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it:
surely the people is grass.
8 The grass withereth,
the flower fadeth:
but the word of our God shall stand for ever.




12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,
and meted out heaven with the span,
and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure,
and weighed the mountains in scales,
and the hills in a balance?
13 Who hath directed [this] the Spirit of the LORD,
or being his counsellor [man of counsel] hath taught him?
14 [This] -- With whom took he counsel,
and who instructed him,
and taught him in the path of judgment,
and taught him knowledge,
and shewed to him the way of understanding?
15 Behold,
the nations are as a drop of a bucket,
and are counted as the small dust of the balance:
behold,
he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 All nations before him are as nothing;
and they are counted to him less than nothing,
and vanity.


18 To whom then will ye liken God?
or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19 The workman melteth a graven image,
and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold,
and casteth silver chains.
20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation
chooseth a tree that will not rot;
he seeketh unto him a cunning workman
to prepare a graven image,
that shall not be moved.


21 Have ye not known?
have ye not heard?
hath it not been told you from the beginning?
have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,
and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers;
that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain,
and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
23 That bringeth the princes to nothing;
he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.


24 Yea, they shall not be planted;
yea, they shall not be sown:
yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth:
and he shall also blow upon them,
and they shall wither,
and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.


25 To whom then will ye liken me,
or shall I be equal?
saith the Holy One.
26 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;
not one faileth.
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob,
and speakest, O Israel,
My way is hid from the LORD,
and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28 Hast thou not known?
hast thou not heard,
that the everlasting God,
the LORD,
the Creator of the ends of the earth,
fainteth not,
neither is weary?
there is no [nothing of] searching of his understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint;
and to them that have no [nothing of] might he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall [falling they shall fall]:
31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run,
and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.






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