“ To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. ”
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 representa...
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...
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 i...
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
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...
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. To whom then will ye liken me? - resuming Isaiah 40:18 .
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 .
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 hi...
Vanity of Idols. B. C. 708. 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will y...
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.
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 40:1-2 . 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 40:1 . 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...
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...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 4:15-18 ; Deuteronomy 4:33 ; Deuteronomy 5:8 ; Isaiah 40:18
The Deity of Christ in Isaiah Isaiah 40:1-11 , Isaiah 40:25-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We suggest a threefold vision of the Deity of Christ as an introduction to the sermon proper. 1. The De...