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Verse Isaiah 40:26. _LEFT UP YOUR EYES ON HIGH_] The rabbins say, He
who is capable of meditating on the revolutions of the heavenly
bodies, and does not meditate on them, is not worthy to have his na...
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LIFT UP YOUR EYES ON HIGH - Direct your eyes toward heaven, and in the
contemplation of the wonders of the starry world, and of God’s power
there, learn the evidence of his ability to destroy his foes...
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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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CALLETH. calleth for, summoneth. by names. See Psalms 147:4. and
App-12.
STRONG. strong (for activity in working). Not the same word as in
verses: Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 40:29;...
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_and behold who hath created_ Better as R.V. marg.: AND SEE: WHO HATH
CREATED THESE? The word "create" occurs fifteen times in ch. 40 55 and
five times in the Chapter s which follow; perhaps not more...
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TO WHOM THEN WILL YE LIKEN GOD?— _To whom,_ &c. or _what resemblance
will ye contrive for him?_ Isaiah 40:19. _The workman casts an image;
and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and worketh silver c...
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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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Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things,
that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names
by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power...
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FAILETH] is missing....
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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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To give honour to the stars in the heavens was of great importance in
*Babylonian life. The practice became attractive to God’s people.
They could see the bright stars. They could not see the *Lord....
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WHO HATH CREATED... — The verb may be noted as a characteristic of 2
Isaiah, in which it occurs twenty times.
THAT BRINGETH OUT THEIR HOST... — The words expand the idea implied
in Jehovah-Sabaoth (co...
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שְׂאוּ ־מָרֹ֨ום עֵינֵיכֶ֤ם וּ רְאוּ֙
מִי ־בָר
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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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_Host of heaven, the stars, &c., Genesis ii. 1., and Psalm cxlvi. 4._...
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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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26._Lift up your eyes on high. _The Prophet appears to linger too long
on this subject, more especially because it presents no obscurity; for
he repeats by many statements what is acknowledged by all,...
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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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LIFT UP YOUR EYES ON HIGH,.... From the earth, and the inhabitants of
it, even those of the greatest power and influence in it, to the
heavens above, those that are visible to the eye:
AND BEHOLD WHO...
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Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these [things],
that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names
by the greatness of his might, for that [he is] strong in po...
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_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_...
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Lift up your eyes on high, namely, to the heights of heaven, to the
starry firmament, AND BEHOLD WHO HATH CREATED THESE THINGS, all the
heavenly bodies, THAT BRINGETH OUT THEIR HOST BY NUMBER, like 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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18-26 Whatever we esteem or love, fear or hope in, more than God,
that creature we make equal with God, though we do not make images or
worship them. He that is so poor, that he has scarcely a sacrif...
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LIFT UP YOUR EYES ON HIGH; to the high and starry heaven as appears
from the following words. THESE THINGS which you see on high, the host
of heaven, as it follows. THAT BRINGETH OUT; that at first br...
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Isaiah 40:26 up H5375 (H8798) eyes H5869 high H4791 see H7200 (H8798)
created H1254 (H8804) out...
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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. 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._
«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 40:25. _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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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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_Lift up your eyes on high_
LOOKING UP AND PRESSING ON
A man’s vision broadens as it lengthens.
Look straight down at your feet; what do you see? A few inches will
measure the diameter of the circle...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 40:25 The Jewish exiles in Babylon were
surrounded by pagan religions, many of which worshiped astrological
phenomena. By contrast, THE HOLY ONE of Israel has no equal in his
pow...
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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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THE UNIVERSE AND MAN
Isaiah 40:26. _Lift up your eyes on high, &c._
We find in the text—not obscurely, not ambiguously, but with the
clearness and positiveness of knowledge—
I. THAT GOD SHOULD NOT B...
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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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Colossians 1:16; Colossians 1:17; Deuteronomy 4:19; Genesis 2:1;...
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THE DEITY OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH
Isaiah 40:1, _Isaiah 40:25_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We suggest a threefold vision of the Deity of Christ as an
introduction to the sermon proper.
1. THE DEITY OF CHRIST AS...
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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...