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WITH WHOM TOOK HE COUNSEL - The sentiment of the former verse is
repeated here, in order, probably, to make it more emphatic.
IN THE PATH OF JUDGMENT - The way of judging correctly and wisely; or
the...
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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.
INSTRUCTED HIM. made Him understand.
PAT...
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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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_and_who _instructed_ Or, SO THAT HE INSTRUCTED.
_path of judgment_ PATH OF RIGHT (_mishpâṭ_). See ch. Isaiah 28:26,
where the word means orderly procedure; here the reference is to the
order of natur...
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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
12
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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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?
(WHO) ... TAUGHT HIM IN THE PATH OF...
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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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COUNSEL... JUDGMENT. — The cluster of words belonging to the
sapiential vocabulary of the Book of Proverbs is to be noted as
parallel with Proverbs 11:23; Isaiah 33:15....
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אֶת ־מִ֤י נֹועָץ֙ וַ יְבִינֵ֔הוּ וַֽ
יְלַמְּד
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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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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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14._From whom took he counsel? _The Prophet expresses the same thing
in many ways; that we may know that nothing is more foolish than man,
(115) when he ventures to lift himself up into heaven, to exa...
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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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WITH WHOM TOOK HE COUNSEL, AND WHO INSTRUCTED HIM,.... This is the
same as before, only repeated in other words, the more strongly to
deny that any mere creature counselled, taught, and instructed the...
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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?
Ver. 14. _With whom took he counsel?...
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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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With whom took He counsel, and who instructed Him, so that He learned
discrimination, AND TAUGHT HIM IN THE PATH OF JUDGMENT, AND TAUGHT HIM
KNOWLEDGE, so that He could apply His wisdom in the right m...
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INSTRUCTED HIM:
_ Heb._ made him understand
UNDERSTANDING?:
_ Heb._ understandings...
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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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TAUGHT HIM IN THE PATH OF JUDGMENT; how to walk and manage all his
affairs with good judgment and discretion....
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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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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 12:4; Colossians 2:3; James 1:17...