Isaiah 40:30

Even the youths... — The second word implies a nearer approach to manhood than the first, the age when vigour is at its highest point.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even the youths shall faint - The most vigorous young men, those in whom we expect manly strength, and who are best suited to endure hardy toil....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(f) Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: (f) They who trust in their own virtue, and do not acknowledge t...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

utterly fall. Note Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6) for this emphasis. Hebrew "they fall, they fall".
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

30. The youths are wearied and faint. By this comparison the Prophet illustrates more powerfully what he had formerly said, that the strengt...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 924 THE DESPONDING ENCOURAGED Isaiah 40:27-31 . Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Why sayest thou, &c.— The third, or consolatory part of this discourse begins at this verse, wherein the foregoing doctrine and prophesy ar...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: The young men (Hebrew, bachuwriym ( H970 )) - literally,...
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 n...
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...
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 myriad...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

As the Prophet's commission opened, so the chapter is closed, in giving a special comfort to the Lord's people. It is impossible to conceive in the w...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Even the youths shall faint and be weary ,.... Such as are in the prime of their strength, and glory in it, yet through the hand of God upon them, b...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: Ver. 30. Even the youths shall faint. ] All that trust to their ow...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He giveth power to the faint He hath strength enough, not only for himself, but for all, even the weakest of his creatures, whom he can easily stre...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jehovah's Grandeur and Compassion. B. C. 708....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The youngest and strongest men, left to themselves, or without God's help, or which do not wait upon God; which is easily understood from the opposit...
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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHEER FOR THE DESPONDING Isaiah 40:26-31 . Lift up your eyes on high, &c. These encouraging assurances must have been of the highest value t...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:28-31 I. We have, first, the prophet's appeal to the familiar thought of an unchangeable God as the antidote to all despondency and the...
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 w...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:1 . Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. «They need it, and they shall have it. Mind, O my servants, that you give it to t...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:25-26 . To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created th...
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, t...
The Biblical Illustrator

Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord? The attributes of God: a reply to unbelief I. THE UNIVERSAL DISP...
The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not. The unwearied God and wearied men For nations and for individuals in view of poli...
The Biblical Illustrator

He giveth power to the faint The Divine Helper I. OUR SPIRITUAL CONDITION IS INTIMATELY KNOWN TO THE DIVINE FATHER. He knows the strong and the...
The Biblical Illustrator

Even the youths shall faint The unfainting spirit The Hebrew tendency to lean upon the most muscular arm accessible, to buy up horses from Egyp...
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-...
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 aga...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Even the youths, those in the prime of their young manhood, shall faint and be weary, namely, when depending on their own strength, and the young...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 2:14 ; Ecclesiastes 9:11 ; Isaiah 13:18 ; Isaiah 9:17 ; Psalms 33:16 ; Psalms 34:10 ; Psalms 39:5
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The youths — The youngest and strongest men, left to themselves.

³⁰ Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 40:30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 40:30