Isaiah 40:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? ”

Isaiah 40:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Have ye not known? - This is evidently an address to the worshippers of idols, and either designed to be addressed to the Jews themselves in the times of Manasseh, when idolatry abounded, or to a...
Isaiah 40:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Have ye not known? have ye not (y) heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the (z) foundations of the earth? (y) Do you not have the word of God, which plain...
Isaiah 40:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

An Expansion of the Text Suggested in Isaiah 40:6-8 . Isaiah 40:12-17 . The Majesty of God, in Whose Eyes the World is Insignificant. God is the Creator, disposing of earth and heaven as very sm...
Isaiah 40:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Have ye not... ? Figure of speech Erotesis , for emphasis.
Isaiah 40:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. Do ye not know? After having ridiculed the stupidity and madness of the Gentiles, the Prophet turns to the Jews; for we are all prone to superstition, and thus we easily fall into it whe...
Isaiah 40:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? Have ye not known - On this verse Kimchi has a very inter...
Isaiah 40:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Isaiah 40:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? Have ye not know? - who worship idols. The questi...
Isaiah 40:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 leng...
Isaiah 40:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Have ye not known?... — Strictly speaking, the first two verbs are potential futures: Can ye not know ... We note that the prophet appeals to the primary intuitions of mankind, or, at least, to...
Isaiah 40:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1-31 ; Isaiah 41:1-29 ; Isaiah 42:1-25 ; Isaiah 43:1-28 ; Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13 ; Isaiah 47:1-15 ; Isaiah 48:1-22 ; Isaiah 49:1...
Isaiah 40:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 watche...
Isaiah 40:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Isaiah 40:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Isaiah 40:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Have ye not known ?] This is the speech of the prophet, directed to the idolaters, appealing to their own natural knowledge, who, from the light of nature, might know that idols were nothing, had no...
Isaiah 40:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? Ver. 21. Have ye not known? have ye not heard? ] Bot...
Isaiah 40:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Have ye not known Jehovah to be the only true God, the Maker and Governor of the world, and all its inhabitants? How can ye be ignorant of so evident a truth? He addresses his speech to the idolatr...
Isaiah 40:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Vanity of Idols. B. C. 708. 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will y...
Isaiah 40:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Have ye not known, to wit, God to be the only true God, the Maker and Governor of the world, and all its inhabitants? how can you be ignorant of so evident a truth? He addresseth his speech to the...
Isaiah 40:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Greatness Of God Proclaimed ( Isaiah 40:12-31 ). 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 reve...
Isaiah 40:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:1-2 . 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 c...
Isaiah 40:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 o...
Isaiah 40:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Isaiah 40:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART III . ISAIAH 'S LATER PROPHECIES ( CH . 40-66.). SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION ( Isaiah 40:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Prefatory Remarks THE A...
Isaiah 40:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 guarantee...
Isaiah 40:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 14:17 ; Isaiah 27:11 ; Isaiah 44:20 ; Isaiah 46:8 ; Jeremiah 10:8-12 ; Psalms 115:8 ; Psalms 19:1-5 ; Romans 1:19-21 ; Romans 1:28 ; Romans 3:1 ; Romans 3:2
Isaiah 40:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Known — God to be the only true God, the maker and governor of the world.

Isaiah 40:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 40:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 40:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 40:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 40:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 40:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 40:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 40:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 40:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 40:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes