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HE GIVETH POWER TO THE FAINT - To his weak and feeble people. This is
one of his attributes; and his people, therefore, should put their
trust in him, and look to him for aid (compare 2 Corinthians 12...
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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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STRENGTH. strength (for defence). Not the same word as in verses:
Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah 40:26; Isaiah 40:31 (Hebrew.
_'azam)._...
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The prophet now turns to his own people, drawing the lesson of hope
and encouragement which lies in the true doctrine of God. Jehovah,
whom Israel still calls "my God" (Isaiah 40:27), is eternal and
u...
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DISCOURSE: 924
THE DESPONDING ENCOURAGED
Isaiah 40:27. 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? Hast
thou not known, h...
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WHY SAYEST THOU, &C.— The _third,_ or _consolatory_ part of this
discourse begins at this verse, wherein the foregoing doctrine and
prophesy are applied to the comfort of the church; who, in her vario...
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c. PERSEVERE IN WAITING FOR THE LORD
TEXT: Isaiah 40:27-31
27
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from
Jehovah, and the justice due to me is passed away from my God?
28...
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He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he
increaseth strength.
HE GIVETH POWER TO THE FAINT - Not only does He 'not faint' (), but
He gives power to them who do faint.
TO (T...
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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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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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God’s own strength is without limit. He is always ready to give new
energy to weak and tired people who trust him....
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נֹתֵ֥ן לַ † יָּעֵ֖ף כֹּ֑חַ וּ לְ...
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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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THE EVERLASTING GOD THE GIVER OF STRENGTH
Isaiah 40:18-31
Day changes to night, and as the twilight deepens, the stars come out
in their myriads, Isaiah 40:26. To the poetic eye of the watcher, they...
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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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As the Prophet's commission opened, so the chapter is closed, in
giving a special comfort to the Lord's people. It is impossible to
conceive in the whole compass of language, anything more gracious,
m...
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29._He giveth power to the faint. _The Prophet now applies to the
present subject the general statements which he made; for we have said
that his intention was to give warmer encouragement to the peop...
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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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HE GIVETH POWER TO THE FAINT,.... Who are ready to faint under
afflictions, because they have not immediate deliverance, or their
prayers are not answered at once, or promises not fulfilled as they
ex...
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He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he
increaseth strength.
Ver. 29. _He giveth power to the faint._] How then should he himself
faint? or why should any good man's heart f...
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_He giveth power to the faint_ He hath strength enough, not only for
himself, but for all, even the weakest of his creatures, whom he can
easily strengthen to bear all their burdens, and to vanquish a...
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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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He giveth power to the faint, sustaining them when they are about to
sink down; AND TO THEM THAT HAVE NO MIGHT HE INCREASETH STRENGTH, that
is, to those who are utterly helpless He imparts power....
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27-31 The people of God are reproved for their unbelief and distrust
of God. Let them remember they took the names Jacob and Israel, from
one who found God faithful to him in all his straits. And the...
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He hath strength enough not only for himself, but for all, even the
weakest of his creatures, whom he can easily strengthen to bear all
their burdens, and to vanquish all their oppressors....
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Isaiah 40:29 gives H5414 (H8802) power H3581 weak H3287 might H202
increases H7235 (H8686) strength H6109...
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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 40:27
Notice:
I. Isaiah's despondency. It arose from a twofold source. (1) The sense
of a Divine desertion: "My way is hid from the Lord." (2) The absence
of Divine recompense: "My judgment i...
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Isaiah 40:28
I. We have, first, the prophet's appeal to the familiar thought of an
unchangeable God as the antidote to all despondency and the foundation
of all hope. The life of men and of creatures...
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Isaiah 40:25. _To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal?
saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath
created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he
c...
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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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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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_The Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not._
THE UNWEARIED GOD AND WEARIED MEN
For nations and for individuals in view of political disasters or of
private sorrows, the only holdf...
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_He giveth power to the faint_
THE DIVINE HELPER
I. OUR SPIRITUAL CONDITION IS INTIMATELY KNOWN TO THE DIVINE FATHER.
He knows the strong and the faint alike. As a wise Shepherd, He is
acquainted wi...
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_Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from
the Lord?_
THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD: A REPLY TO UNBELIEF
I. THE UNIVERSAL DISPOSITION TO UNBELIEF. “Why sayest thou, O Jacob,
and s...
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CHEER FOR THE DESPONDING
Isaiah 40:26. _Lift up your eyes on high, &c._
These encouraging assurances must have been of the highest value to
the captive and disconsolate Jews in Babylon. Banished for...
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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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2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Colossians 1:11; Deuteronomy
33:25;...