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TO WHOM THEN WILL YE LIKEN ME? - (See Isaiah 40:18) The prophet having
thus set forth the majesty and glory of God, asks now with great
emphasis, what could be an adequate and proper representation of...
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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 J...
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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....
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_To whom then_ Exactly as in Isaiah 40:18, and following a similar
idea.
_or shall I be equal?_ Or, as R.V., "that I should be equal _to him?"_
the Holy One Qâdôsh, without the art., almost like a p...
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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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To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy
One.
TO WHOM THEN WILL YE LIKEN ME? - resuming ....
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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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וְ אֶל ־מִ֥י תְדַמְּי֖וּנִי וְ
אֶשְׁוֶ֑ה יֹאמַ֖ר קָדֹֽושׁ׃...
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CHAPTER I
THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah
44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1;...
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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 e...
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Who but must feel humbled to the very dust of the earth, while
reading, in these verses, the sad state to which man is reduced by the
fall? We see man so prone to idolatry, that if the poor creature b...
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25._And to whom will ye liken me? _He repeats the former statement,
(Isaiah 40:18,) by which he said that the Lord would not suffer
himself to be likened to idols; that the Jews might not in any degre...
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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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TO WHOM THEN WILL YE LIKEN ME, OR SHALL I BE EQUAL, SAITH THE HOLY
ONE?] Or be upon a level with? since the greatest of men on earth are
brought to nothing by him, and are no more: this is repeated fr...
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To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy
One.
Ver. 25. _To whom then will ye liken me?_] See Isaiah 40:18,19 ....
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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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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 sacrifi...
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He repeateth what he said ISAIAH 40:18, that he might oblige them to
the more serious and frequent consideration of the absurdity of the
idolatry....
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Isaiah 40:25 liken H1819 (H8762) equal H7737 (H8799) says H559 (H8799)
One H6918
Isaiah 40:18; Deuteronomy 4:15-18, Deuteronomy 4:33, Deuteronomy 5:8...
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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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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 m...
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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 40:25 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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PART III. ISAIAH'S LATER PROPHECIES (CH. 40-66.).
SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION (Isaiah 40:1.).
EXPOSITION
PREFATORY REMARKS
THE Assyrian struggle is over. The prophet has a...
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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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Deuteronomy 4:15; Deuteronomy 4:33; Deuteronomy 5:8; Isaiah 40:18...
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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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If nothing is like God, then how can humans be in the image of God?
PROBLEM: Isaiah wrote: “ `To whom will you liken Me, or to whom
shall I be equal?’ says the Holy One.” Yet the Bible says “God
crea...