Isaiah 40:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. ”

Isaiah 40:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the glory of the Lord - The phrase here means evidently the majesty, power, or honor of Yahweh. He would display his power, and show himself to be a covenant-keeping God, by delivering his pe...
Isaiah 40:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all (h) flesh together shall see [it]: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it]. (h) This miracle will be so great, that it will be known through a...
Isaiah 40:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Prologue Announcing the End of the Exile. If. The prophet sees in the triumphs of Cyrus the coming fall of Babylon's empire, and a revolution in the fortunes of the exiles. These are God's voice bi...
Isaiah 40:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

flesh. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), put for all people.
Isaiah 40:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. And the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed. He means that this work of redemption will be splendid, so that the Lord will shew that he is the Author of it, and will illustriously display...
Isaiah 40:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it . "The salvation of our God" - These words are added here by the Septuagi...
Isaiah 40:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The voice of him that crieth— It is manifest to every reader of this passage, that it exhibits to us the voice of a public herald or harbinger, who, at the approach of an illustrious king, commands...
Isaiah 40:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. All flesh shall see it. The Septuagint for "it" have 'the salvation...
Isaiah 40:5 - 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 40:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed. — Did the prophet think of a vision of a glory-cloud, like the Shechinah which he had seen in the Temple? or had he risen to the thought of the glory of cha...
Isaiah 40:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER V THE PROLOGUE: THE FOUR HERALD VOICES Isaiah 40:1-11 IT is only Voices which we hear in this Prologue. No forms can be discerned, whether of men or angels, and it is even difficult to...
Isaiah 40:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cry of Jehovah's Herald Isaiah 40:1-8 Voices are ever speaking to us from the infinite; let us heed them. (1.) There is the voice of forgiveness , Isaiah 40:2 . Are you truly penitent? H...
Isaiah 40:5 - 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 40:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All the Prophets, with one voice, proclaimed the coming Saviour; but John the Baptist was eminently pointed out as the immediate herald and harbinger of our Lord; Matthew 3:1-3 ; Malachi 3:1 . If t...
Isaiah 40:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed ..... Christ himself, who is the brightness of his Father's glory, and his own glory, as the glory of the of the only begotten of the Father; the glorious...
Isaiah 40:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see [it] together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it]. Ver. 5. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, ] i.e., Jesu...
Isaiah 40:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed It was revealed in some sort when God brought his people out of Babylon: for that was a glorious work of God, in which he displayed his power, and love,...
Isaiah 40:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Evangelical Predictions. B. C. 708. 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,...
Isaiah 40:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed: so it was in some sort, when God brought them out of Babylon, which was a glorious work of God; but far more properly and eminently when Christ, who was the...
Isaiah 40:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Preparing of the Way ( Isaiah 40:1-8 ). The humiliation of Assyria has, in Isaiah's eyes, opened up a new opportunity for the future for Judah/Israel. Yahweh has delivered His people, and awai...
Isaiah 40:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

COMFORT FOR THE SUFFERING Isaiah 40:1-5 . Comfort ye, &c. IT is generally agreed that these last twenty-six Chapter s relate to the restoration of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon. T...
Isaiah 40:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:3-5 I. The text teaches us that there are certain things which hinder the spread of the Redeemer's kingdom, spoken of here as valleys, hills, mountains, rough places, and crooked ways. T...
Isaiah 40:5 - 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, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath...
Isaiah 40:5 - 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 40:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Prepare ye the way of the Lord The way of the Lord prepared I. THE JEWISH THEOCRACY. It is a favourite statement with those who seek to account for Christianity on entirely mundane principles,...
Isaiah 40:5 - 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 40:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Word of Comfort and the God of Comfort. The last part of the book of the prophet Isaiah has fitly been called the Book of Comfort, for in its beautiful language and in its exalted visions the...
Isaiah 40:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 3:18 ; 2 Corinthians 4:6 ; Acts 2:17 ; Habakkuk 2:14 ; Hebrews 1:3 ; Isaiah 1:20 ; Isaiah 11:9 ; Isaiah 35:2 ; Isaiah 49:6 ; Isaiah 52:10 ; Isaiah 58:14 ; Isaiah 6:3 ; Isai...
Isaiah 40:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...

Isaiah 40:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 40:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 40:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 40:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 40:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 40:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 40:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 40:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 40:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 40:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 40:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary