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Isaiah 40:6-8

The second voice proclaims the double truth: all earthly might is transitory, the word of God is eternal. Logically the section interrupts the connexion between Isaiah 40:5 and Isaiah 40:9, and is itself a prelude to Isaiah 40:12 ff. But to transpose Isaiah 40:6, as is done by the two commentators just named, is hardly advisable; logical sequence is not the principle on which the book is arranged.

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