Tag Archives: Isaiah 40

connected to strength

  Isaiah 40:26-31 26 Lift your eyes up high, and see! Who created these? The one who brings out their army by number. He calls all them by name. Because he is powerfully great and powerfully mighty, no soldier is … Continue reading

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like no one

Isaiah 40:18-25 18 And to whom would you liken God? And what likeness would you compare him to? 19 A craftsman fashions an idol, and a refiner overlays it with gold, or smelts chains of silver. 20 The one who … Continue reading

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like nothing

Isaiah 40:12-17 12 Who has measured water in the hollow of his hand and marked off sky with a ruler, comprehended the dust of the land in a third of a measure and weighed out mountains with the scale, and … Continue reading

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reasons to cry out

Isaiah 40:6-11 6 A voice says, “Cry out!” And he responded, “What will I cry out?” All flesh is grass, and all his loyalty like the flowers in the field. 7 Grass withers; a flower withers when the breath of … Continue reading

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reasons for comfort

Isaiah 40:1-5 1 “Comfort; comfort my people,” says your God. 2 “Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and say to her, that her compulsory labour will be fulfilled, that her sin will be paid for, that she has taken from … Continue reading

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soar again

Isaiah 40 Rescue will come to the Israelites, and they will see who their God is.  He is not to be compared to the gods of the nations around them.  They are idols: created objects.  He looks down from heaven, … Continue reading

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