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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 40:26

Bringeth — That at first brought them out of nothing, and from day to day brings them forth, making them to rise and set in their appointed times. Faileth — Either to appear when he calls them; or to do the work to which he sends them.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FAILETH] is missing....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שְׂאוּ ־מָרֹ֨ום עֵינֵיכֶ֤ם וּ רְאוּ֙ מִי ־בָר

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Host of heaven, the stars, &c., Genesis ii. 1., and Psalm cxlvi. 4._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _To whom then will ye liken me_ He repeats what he said Isaiah 40:18, that he might oblige them to the more serious and frequent consideration of the absurdity of idolatry. _Lift up your eyes on high_...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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