Isaiah 40:18

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To whom then will ye liken God? - Since he is so great, what can resemble him? What form can be made like him? The main idea here intended to be...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

To whom then (u) will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare to him? (u) By this he arms them against the idolatry with which they would be...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. To whom then have ye likened God? The Jews were in great danger from another temptation; for there was reason to believe that the Assyri...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
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; an...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? To whom then will ye liken God? - Which of the pagan idols, then,...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To whom then will ye liken God... — The thought of the infinity of God leads, as in St. Paul’s reasoning ( Acts 17:24-29 ), to the great primary ar...
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

Some have thought that the person of God the Father is here spoken of, because the Church is taught to look up to Him with peculiar reverence of char...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To whom then will ye liken God ?.... There is nothing in the whole creation that can bear any resemblance to him, or he to them; since all nations a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? Ver. 18. To whom then will ye liken God? ] A sin which the Jews were ex...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

To whom then will ye liken God? This is a proper inference from the foregoing discourse of God's infinite greatness; from whence he takes occasion...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Vanity of Idols. B. C. 708. 18 To wh...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This is a proper inference from the foregoing discourse of God's immense and infinite greatness; from whence he taketh occasion to show both the foll...
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

GOD INCOMPARABLE ( For Trinity Sunday. ) Isaiah 40:18 . To whom then will ye liken God? &c. The extreme point which has ever been reached by...
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...
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

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 Biblical Illustrator

To whom then will ye liken God? The Trinity I. THE CARNAL NOTIONS MEN ARE APT TO ENTERTAIN OF GOD. 1. We find that the knowledge of the true...
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

To whom, then, will ye liken God? Why try to make comparisons, which, at best, are so utterly inadequate and futile? Or what likeness will ye compar...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To whom — This is a proper inference from the foregoing discourse of God's infinite greatness; from whence he takes occasion to shew both the folly...

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Related Commentaries of Isaiah 40:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 40:18