Isaiah 40:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. ”

Isaiah 40:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, they shall not be planted - The kings and rulers - especially they who oppose God in the execution of his purposes. The idea in this verse is, that their name and family should become extinc...
Isaiah 40:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also (a) blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall ta...
Isaiah 40:24 - 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 40:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

stubble . straw. Hebrew. kash.
Isaiah 40:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

24. It is as if they had not been planted. Though the particle אף ( aph) signifies also, yet in this passage it may be more appropriately rendered “so that;” and thus the plain meaning...
Isaiah 40:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take t...
Isaiah 40:24 - 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 40:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall ta...
Isaiah 40:24 - 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 40:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They shall not be planted... — Better, Hardly are they planted, hardly are they sown. Such are empires before the eternity of Jehovah: so soon withered that we cannot say that they were ever real...
Isaiah 40:24 - 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 40:24 - 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 40:24 - 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 40:24 - 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 40:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yea, they shall not be planted ,.... As trees are, like the cedars in Lebanon, though they may seem to be such; but be like the grass of the field, and herbs of the earth: or, "even they shall be",...
Isaiah 40:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take t...
Isaiah 40:24 - 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 40:24 - 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 40:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They, the princes and judges last mentioned, shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: they shall take no root, as it follows; for planting and sowing are in order to taking root, and ar...
Isaiah 40:24 - 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 40:24 - 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 40:24 - 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 40:24 - 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 40:24 - 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 40:24 - 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 40:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 21:21 ; 1 Kings 21:22 ; 2 Kings 10:11 ; 2 Samuel 22:16 ; Haggai 1:9 ; Hosea 13:15 ; Hosea 13:3 ; Isaiah 11:4 ; Isaiah 14:21 ; Isaiah 14:22 ; Isaiah 17:11 ; Isaiah 17:13 ; Isaiah...
Isaiah 40:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sown — They shall take no root, for planting and sowing are in order to taking root. They shall not continue and flourish, as they have vainly imagined, but shall be rooted up and perish.

Isaiah 40:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 40:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 40:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 40:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 40:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 40:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 40:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 40:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 40:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 40:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes