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WHO HATH DIRECTED - This passage is quoted by Paul in Romans 11:34,
and referred to by him in 1 Corinthians 2:16. The word rendered
‘directed’ here (תכן _tikēn_) is the same which is used in
the prev...
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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 Je...
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AN EXPANSION OF THE TEXT SUGGESTED IN ISAIAH 40:6.
Isaiah 40:12. The Majesty of God, in Whose Eyes the World is
Insignificant. God is the Creator, disposing of earth and heaven as
very small things. N...
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(ISAIAH 40:12) WHO.... WHO... WITH WHOM... ? Isaiah 40:12 are
introductory: while the Figure of speech _Erotesis_ emphasizes the
importance of Him Who speaks.
HIS COUNSELLER. the man (Hebrew. _'ish._...
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The argument for the infinitude of God opens with a series of
rhetorical questions, not needing to be answered, but intended to
raise the thoughts of despondent Israelites to the contemplation of
the...
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From the _POWER_ of Jehovah, the writer passes to expatiate on His
perfect and self-sufficing _wisdom_.
_Who hath directed_ The verb is the same as "meted out" in the
previous verse, and the transitio...
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WHO HATH MEASURED THE WATERS, &C.— The prophet here, in the most
sublime manner, celebrates the divine majesty and greatness, but
particularly his wisdom. Rapt into an extacy, after he had described
t...
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b. PERCEIVE THE NATURE OF THE LORD
TEXT: Isaiah 40:12-26
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Who hath measured the water in the hollow of his hand, and meted out
heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a
me...
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Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor
hath taught him?
WHO HATH DIRECTED THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD, OR (BEING) HIS COUNSELOR,
HATH TAUGHT HIM? The Hebrew here for "directed...
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ISRAEL'S RESTORATION FROM EXILE IN BABYLON
On the authorship and date of these Chapter s see Intro. According to
their subject matter, they fall naturally into three divisions of
almost equal length...
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God is completely self-sufficient. In other words, he does not depend
on anyone else....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 40
This chapter begins the second half of the Book of Isaiah.
• In CHAPTER...
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WHO HATH DIRECTED THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD? — The term, which had been
used in a lower sense in Isaiah 40:7, is here clothed as with a Divine
personality, answering, as it were, to the wisdom of Proverb...
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מִֽי ־תִכֵּ֥ן אֶת ־ר֖וּחַ יְהוָ֑ה וְ
אִ֥ישׁ
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CHAPTER I
THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
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CHAPTER VI
GOD: A SACRAMENT
Isaiah 40:12
SUCH 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...
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CREATOR AND RULER OF ALL THE EARTH
Isaiah 40:9-17
Zion is bidden to climb the highest mountain within reach, and
announce the advent of the Savior-God. When all eyes are turned to
behold Him, expecti...
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We now commence the prophecies of peace, which also fall into three
divisions, dealing in turn with the purpose of peace (40-48), the
Prince of Peace (49-57), the program of peace (58-66).
The fist el...
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Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or [being] (s) his
counsellor hath taught him?
(s) He shows God's infinite wisdom for the same....
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Some have thought that the person of God the Father is here spoken of,
because the Church is taught to look up to Him with peculiar reverence
of character, as the Creator. But, as the church is never...
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13._Who instructed the Spirit of Jehovah? _What the Prophet had
formerly taught concerning the Lord’s goodness and power he now adds
concerning his wisdom. And we ought to observe the connection; for,...
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The first part of that which might be called the second book of Isaiah
extends from chapter 40 to the end of chapter 48. The Messiah is,
comparatively speaking, but little introduced here. It is rathe...
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WHO HATH DIRECTED THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD,.... In the creation of all
things, in garnishing the heavens, and moving upon the face of the
waters? not anyone, angel or man; there were none with him, nor...
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Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or [being] his counsellor
hath taught him?
Ver. 13. _Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord?_] Who was then of
his council when he made the universe? None...
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_Who hath measured the waters_, &c. Who can do this but God? And this
discourse on God's infinite power and wisdom is added, to give them
the greater assurance, that he was able, as he had declared hi...
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Jehovah the Supreme Ruler.
The connection of thought between this section and the foregoing one
is this, that the majesty and glory of God over against the idolatry
of the heathen nations guarantees...
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Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord? Who can measure and
understand Him, or, BEING HIS COUNSELOR, HATH TAUGHT HIM? advising Him
on the basis of his understanding of the Lord's mind. Cf Romans 11:...
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12-17 All created beings shrink to nothing in comparison with the
Creator. When the Lord, by his Spirit, made the world, none directed
his Spirit, or gave advice what to do, or how to do it. The nati...
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Who did God either need or take to advise him in any of his works,
either of creation or the government of the world? were they not all
the effects of his own sole wisdom? Therefore though all the nat...
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Isaiah 40:13 directed H8505 (H8765) Spirit H7307 LORD H3068 counselor
H376 H6098 taught H3045 (H8686)...
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THE GREATNESS OF GOD PROCLAIMED (ISAIAH 40:12).
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...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God._
«They need it, and they shall have it. Mind, O my servants, that you
give it to them: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak
ye comfortably to Jerusalem._
The loss of comfort is no small loss. God would have his people happy.
They are in the best conditi...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak
ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is
accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath recei...
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CONTENTS: Joyful prospect given to the people of God of the happiness
of coming redemption. Reproof for their despondencies.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: Nothing can be spoken mo...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people._ What a sweet voice is
this to the church, after all her long afflictions. The words are
doubled, to designate the fulness of comfort in the pardon of s...
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_Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand?_
THE GRANDEUR OF GOD
The prophet’s notions of God are diffused through all the verses of
the text. The prophet’s design in describing the Dei...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 40:1 Encouragement for God’s Exiles: “The
Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed.” These visionary chapters are
addressed to the exiles in Babylon after the fall of Jerusalem in 586...
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PART III. ISAIAH'S LATER PROPHECIES (CH. 40-66.).
SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION (Isaiah 40:1.).
EXPOSITION...
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But he's talking about a whole new message of God for the people as we
get into the new covenant of God. And so it is appropriate that this
new section of Isaiah begins with the word of the Lord decla...
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1 Corinthians 2:16; Ephesians 1:11; Job 21:22; Job 36:22; Job 36:23;...
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Who — Who did God either need or take to advise him in any of his
works, either of creation or the government of the world....